European managers' perspective on export performance determinants

Journal of Euromarketing

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 75-92

  Lages, Luis Filipe ^a   Lages, Carmen ^b   Lages, Cristiana Raquel ^c  

^a NOVA SCHOOL OF BUSINESS AND ECONOMICS   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cross national; EU; Export marketing; Export performance; Qualitative study

Indexed keywords

EUROPEAN UNION; EXPORT; MARKETING; PERCEPTION; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; EUROPEAN UNION;

EID: 33745596614     PISSN: 10496483     EISSN: 15286967     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J037v15n02_05     Document Type: Article

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