Export stimuli: Export intention compared with export activity

International Business Review

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 477-499

  Morgan, Robert E ^a   Katsikeas, Constantine S ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Export activity; Export development; Export intention; Export stimuli; Exporting firms; Foreign market entry; Internationalization; Non exporting firms

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031521538     PISSN: 09695931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0969-5931(97)00017-6     Document Type: Review

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