Before the first export decision: Internationalisation readiness in the pre-export phase

International Business Review

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 294-309

  Tan, Alvin ^a   Brewer, Paul ^a   Liesch, Peter W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Attitudinal commitment; External stimuli; Firm resources; Internal stimuli; Internationalisation readiness; Lateral rigidity; Pre internationalisation

Indexed keywords

EID: 34248598518     PISSN: 09695931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ibusrev.2007.01.001     Document Type: Article

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