Empirical approach to the sequential relationships between firm strategy, export activity, and performance in U.S. manufacturing firms

International Business Review

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 101-129

  Lee, Jooh ^a   Habte Giorgis, Berhe ^a  

^a ROWAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Diversification; Export activity and economic performance; R D intensity

Indexed keywords

EID: 0346268961     PISSN: 09695931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ibusrev.2003.05.003     Document Type: Article

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