How Advanced are Websites of SME Exporters? An Investigation into Drivers and Inhibitors

Advances in International Marketing

Volumn 17, Issue , 2006, Pages 395-426

  Winklhofer, Heidi ^a   Houghton, Kathryn ^a   Chesney, Thomas ^a  

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EID: 33748741190     PISSN: 14747979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S1474-7979(06)17015-5     Document Type: Review

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