Determinants of structured export knowledge acquisition

International Business Review

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 373-397

  Samiee, Saeed ^a   Walters, Peter G P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TULSA   (United States)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Education interest and commitment; Export education; Export performance; Export planning and development

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042599029     PISSN: 09695931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0969-5931(99)00013-x     Document Type: Article

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