A contingency-based approach to understanding export performance

International Business Review

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 211-235

  Robertson, Christopher ^a   Chetty, Sylvie K ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Channel structure; Contingency approach; Export performance; Strategy

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034165197     PISSN: 09695931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0969-5931(99)00037-2     Document Type: Article

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