Export market information use, organizational knowledge, and firm performance: A conceptual framework

International Marketing Review

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 95-110+8+10+12

  Toften, Kjell ^a   Olsen, Svein Ottar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

Export; Information management; Knowledge management; Marketing; Organizational learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 0242361116     PISSN: 02651335     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02651330310462284     Document Type: Review

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