The Impact of firm capabilities and competitive advantages on import intermediary performance

Journal of Global Marketing

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 5-19

  Ha Brookshire, Jung E ^a   Dyer, Barbara ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Competitive advantages; Firm capabilities; Firm performance; Import intermediary; Resource based view of the firm; The apparel industry

Indexed keywords

EID: 61449130680     PISSN: 08911762     EISSN: 15286975     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08911760802511329     Document Type: Article

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