Understanding the international retail divestment process

Journal of Strategic Marketing

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 111-128

  Cairns, Patricia ^a   Doherty, Anne Marie ^b   Alexander, Nicholas ^a   Quinn, Barry ^c  

^a ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLAMORGAN   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Case study; Divestment; Process; Retail

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449688107     PISSN: 0965254X     EISSN: 14664488     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09652540801981553     Document Type: Article

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