Export channel dynamics: An empirical investigation

Managerial and Decision Economics

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 159-173

  Benito, Gabriel R G ^a,b   Pedersen, Torben ^a   Petersen, Bent ^a  

^a Department of International Economics and Management   (Denmark)

^b BI NORWEGIAN BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Norway)

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EID: 17744379195     PISSN: 01436570     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mde.1190     Document Type: Article

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