Scoping and conceptualising retailer internationalisation

Journal of Economic Geography

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 373-397

  Dawson, John A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Globalisation; Internationalisation process; Knowledge transfer; Retail internationalisation

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; ECONOMIC THEORY; GLOBALIZATION; KNOWLEDGE; RETAILING;

EID: 34547740592     PISSN: 14682702     EISSN: 14682710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jeg/lbm009     Document Type: Article

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