Evaluation of foreign products by US international industrial buyers

Journal of Business and Industrial Marketing

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 323-338

  Saghafi, Massoud M ^a   Puig, Rosa ^b  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b US Army Corp of Engineers   (Germany)

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EID: 0642276364     PISSN: 08858624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/08858629710183310     Document Type: Article

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