Export sales forecasting by UK firms technique utilization and impact on forecast accuracy

Journal of Business Research

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 45-54

  Diamantopoulos, Adamantios ^a   Winklhofer, Heidi ^b  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Exporting; Forecast accuracy; Sales forcasting

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037218044     PISSN: 01482963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0148-2963(01)00216-8     Document Type: Article

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