Re-thinking research on born globals

Journal of International Business Studies

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 17-26

  Coviello, Nicole ^a,b  

^a WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

born global; decade award; entrepreneurship; international new venture; internationalization theories and foreign market entry

Indexed keywords

EID: 84920605153     PISSN: 00472506     EISSN: 14786990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/jibs.2014.59     Document Type: Review

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