The STEP Scale: A Measure of Short-Term Export Performance Improvement

Journal of International Marketing

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 36-56

  Lages, Luis Filipe ^a   Lages, Cristiana Raquel ^b  

^a NOVA SCHOOL OF BUSINESS AND ECONOMICS   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 1642371152     PISSN: 1069031X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1509/jimk.12.1.36.25647     Document Type: Article

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