Suppliers’ international strategies

European Journal of Marketing

Volumn 36, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 86-110

  Andersson, Svante ^a  

^a HALMSTAD UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Entrepreneurialism; International business; Suppliers; Sweden

Indexed keywords

EID: 2642567791     PISSN: 03090566     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/03090560210412719     Document Type: Article

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