Predicting business ethical tolerance in international markets: A concomitant clusterwise regression analysis

International Business Review

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 253-272

  Aurifeille, Jacques Marie ^a   Quester, Pascale G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LA RÉUNION   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Clusterwise regression; Ethics; Genetic algorithm; International marketing; Organisational variables

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037375122     PISSN: 09695931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0969-5931(02)00099-9     Document Type: Article

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