Early Internationalization by Firms in Transition Economies into Developed Markets: The Role of International Networks

Global Strategy Journal

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 221-237

  Musteen, Martina ^a   Datta, Deepak K ^b   Francis, John ^a  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

born globals; early internationalization; international entrepreneurship; international networks; internationalization; transition economies

Indexed keywords

EID: 84980027689     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20425805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gsj.1077     Document Type: Article

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