Does distance still matter? Geographic proximity and new product development

Journal of Marketing

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 44-60

  Ganesan, Shankar ^a   Malter, Alan J ^a   Rindfleisch, Aric ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

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EID: 27144448080     PISSN: 00222429     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1509/jmkg.2005.69.4.44     Document Type: Article

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