An Exploratory Study of InternationalCommitment by Nascent and Existing Firms

Journal of Small Business and Entrepreneurship

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 293-307

  De Clercq, Dirk ^a   Bosma, Niels ^b  

^a BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 84964059943     PISSN: 08276331     EISSN: 21692610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08276331.2008.10593426     Document Type: Article

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