The political embeddedness of international business networks

International Marketing Review

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2004, Pages

  Welch, Catherine ^a   Wilkinson, Ian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Buyer seller relationships; International marketing; Purchasing

Indexed keywords

EID: 3042840377     PISSN: 02651335     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02651330410531411     Document Type: Review

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