The M Curve: The Performance of Born-Regional Firms From Korea

Multinational Business Review

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1-22

  Hyeock Lee, In ^a  

^a WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Born regional; Internationalization; Korea; M curve; New ventures; Performance; Regional strategy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84983753105     PISSN: 1525383X     EISSN: 20541686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/1525383X201000017     Document Type: Review

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