The impact of firm and export characteristics on the accuracy of export sales forecasts: Evidence from UK exporters

International Journal of Forecasting

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 67-81

  Diamantopoulos, Adamantios ^a   Winklhofer, Heidi ^b  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NOTTINGHAM UNIVERSITY BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Exporting; Sales forecasting; Surveys

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002018955     PISSN: 01692070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-2070(98)00069-7     Document Type: Article

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