Measuring export information use: Scale development and validation

Journal of Business Research

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-14

  Diamantopoulos, Adamantios ^a   Souchon, Anne L ^b  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0033195949     PISSN: 01482963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0148-2963(98)00099-X     Document Type: Article

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