Learning, unlearning and internationalisation: Evidence from the pre-export phase

International Journal of Information Management

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 162-173

  Casillas, José C ^a   Acedo, Francisco J ^a   Barbero, José L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Entrepreneurship; Export; Export intention; Information; Learning; Network; Pre export; Unlearning

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER NETWORKS; NETWORKS (CIRCUITS);

ENTREPRENEURSHIP; EXPORT; EXPORT INTENTION; INFORMATION; LEARNING; PRE-EXPORT; UNLEARNING;

INFORMATION MANAGEMENT;

EID: 76649140489     PISSN: 02684012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijinfomgt.2009.07.005     Document Type: Article

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