The born global firm: An entrepreneurial and capabilities perspective on early and rapid internationalization

Journal of International Business Studies

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 3-16

  Cavusgil, S Tamer ^a   Knight, Gary ^b  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WILLAMETTE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

born globals; decade award; early internationalization; entrepreneurial firms; innovation creativity; rapid internationalization

Indexed keywords

EID: 84920578398     PISSN: 00472506     EISSN: 14786990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/jibs.2014.62     Document Type: Review

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