Mechanisms to control the marketing activities of foreign distributors

International Business Review

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 75-97

  Pahud De Mortanges, Charles ^a   Vossen, Joost ^b  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b DAF Trucks   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Control mechanisms; Distribution channels; Exporter distributor relationships

Indexed keywords

EID: 0009909607     PISSN: 09695931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0969-5931(98)00039-0     Document Type: Article

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