The export development process: An integrative review of empirical models

Journal of International Business Studies

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 517-551

  Leonidou, Leonidas C ^a   Katsikeas, Constatine S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CYPRUS   (Cyprus)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0030510516     PISSN: 00472506     EISSN: 14786990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.jibs.8490846     Document Type: Article

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