Bifurcation bias and exporting: Can foreign work experience be an answer? Insight from European family SMEs

Journal of World Business

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2018, Pages 237-247

  Majocchi, Antonio ^a   D'Angelo, Alfredo ^b   Forlani, Emanuele ^c   Buck, Trevor ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITÀ CATTOLICA DEL SACRO CUORE   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bifurcation bias; Exporting; Family firms; Internationalization; SMEs

Indexed keywords

EID: 85037038867     PISSN: 10909516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jwb.2017.11.005     Document Type: Article

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