Export Information Use: A Five-Country Investigation of Key Determinants

Journal of International Marketing

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 106-127

  Souchon, Anne L ^a   Diamantopoulos, Adamantios ^b   Holzmüller, Hartmut H ^c   Axinn, Catherine N ^d   Sinkula, James M ^e   Simmet, Heike ^f   Durden, Geoffrey R ^g  

^a ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c TU DORTMUND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^f Bremerhaven University of Applied Sciences   (Germany)

^g LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 1542711553     PISSN: 1069031X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1509/jimk.11.3.106.20154     Document Type: Article

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