Resource-performance relationships in industrial export ventures: The role of resource inimitability and substitutability

Industrial Marketing Management

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 621-633

  Morgan, Neil A ^a   Vorhies, Douglas W ^b   Schlegelmilch, Bodo B ^c  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^c VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (Austria)

Author keywords

Competitive advantage; Export ventures; Industrial exporting; Performance; Resources

Indexed keywords

EID: 33744539566     PISSN: 00198501     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.indmarman.2005.05.018     Document Type: Article

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