Online internationalisation, psychic distance reduction and the virtuality trap

International Business Review

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 339-360

  Yamin, Mohammad ^a   Sinkovics, Rudolf R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Internationalisation; Psychic distance

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746255939     PISSN: 09695931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ibusrev.2006.03.002     Document Type: Article

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