The determinants of export behaviour in UK service firms

Service Industries Journal

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 879-889

  Gourlay, Adrian ^a   Seaton, Jonathan ^b   Suppakitjarak, Joy ^c  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC ACTIVITY; EXPORT; SERVICE PROVISION;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 27544468764     PISSN: 02642069     EISSN: 17439507     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02642060500134154     Document Type: Article

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