A model of export sales forecasting behavior and performance: Development and testing

International Journal of Forecasting

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 271-285

  Winklhofer, Heidi ^a   Diamantopoulos, Adamantios ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Exporting; Forecast performance; Forecasting practice

Indexed keywords

EID: 14644428127     PISSN: 01692070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-2070(01)00146-7     Document Type: Article

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