Managerial cognition and internationalization

Journal of International Business Studies

Volumn 46, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 733-760

  Maitland, Elizabeth ^a   Sammartino, Andre ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

bounded rationality; Case theoretic approaches; decision making; international experience; internationalization theories and foreign market entry; managerial cognition

Indexed keywords

EID: 84939801303     PISSN: 00472506     EISSN: 14786990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/jibs.2015.9     Document Type: Article

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