Practices and performance of small retail stores in developing economies

Journal of International Marketing

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 58-90

  Lenartowicz, Tomasz ^a   Balasubramanian, Sridhar ^b  

^a FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Developing countries; Emerging markets; Inventory management; Retail performance; Retailing; Small retailer practices

Indexed keywords

EID: 62249146980     PISSN: 1069031X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1509/jimk.17.1.58     Document Type: Article

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