Learning and locale: The role of information, memory and environment in determining export differentiation advantage

Journal of Business Research

Volumn 59, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1016-1024

  Kaleka, Anna ^a   Berthon, Pierre ^b  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b BENTLEY COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Differentiation; Environment; Exporting; Memory; Organizational learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 33749044584     PISSN: 01482963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusres.2006.07.002     Document Type: Article

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