Market Orientation and Management Practices in Ghanaian Firms: Revisiting the Jaworski and Kohli Framework

Journal of International Marketing

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 58-88

  Kuada, John ^a   Buatsi, Seth N ^b  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

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EID: 15544362075     PISSN: 1069031X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1509/jimk.13.1.58.58539     Document Type: Article

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