Information internalisation and internationalisation-Evidence from Vietnamese firms

International Business Review

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 682-701

  Nguyen, Tho D ^a   Barrett, Nigel J ^a   Fletcher, Richard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Information internalisation; Internationalisation; Market and learning orientations; Structural equation modelling; Transition markets; Vietnam

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750975338     PISSN: 09695931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ibusrev.2006.09.001     Document Type: Article

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