Investigating the differences in export strategy between firms of different size

Journal of Global Marketing

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 7-28

  Moen, Øystein ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Bom Globals; Export strategy; International marketing; Performance; Small firms

Indexed keywords

EID: 0344887577     PISSN: 08911762     EISSN: 15286975     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J042v13n04_02     Document Type: Article

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