Dancing to success: Export groups as dance parties and the implications for network development

Journal of Business and Industrial Marketing

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 492-510

  Wilkinson, Ian ^a   Young, Louise C ^b   Welch, Denice ^c   Welch, Lawrence ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c BI NORWEGIAN BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Norway)

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EID: 0041419953     PISSN: 08858624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/08858629810246788     Document Type: Article

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