Explaining export development through psychic distance: Enlightening or elusive?

International Marketing Review

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 357-372

  Stöttinger, Barbara ^a   Schlegelmilch, Bodo B ^a  

^a VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (Austria)

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EID: 0010699996     PISSN: 02651335     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02651339810236353     Document Type: Article

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