Persistence and learning: Success factors of taiwanese firms in international markets

Journal of International Marketing

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 39-54

  Johnson, Joseph ^a   Yin, Eden ^c   Tsai, Hueiting ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE

Author keywords

International markets; Learning capacity; Nontriad firms; Persistence; Taiwanese firms

Indexed keywords

EID: 70249133306     PISSN: 1069031X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1509/jimk.17.3.39     Document Type: Article

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