Managerial assessments of export performance: Conceptual framework and empirical illustration

Journal of International Marketing

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 1-31

  Diamantopoulos, Adamantios ^a   Kakkos, Nikolaos ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE OF LARISSA   (Greece)

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EID: 35048870557     PISSN: 1069031X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1509/jimk.15.3.1     Document Type: Article

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