Toward a model of the relationship between internationalization and export performance

International Business Review

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 388-406

  Papadopoulos, Nicolas ^a   Martín Martín, Oscar ^b  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b PUBLIC UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Economic performance; Export performance; International commitment; International experience; Internationalization; Strategic performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953356983     PISSN: 09695931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ibusrev.2010.02.003     Document Type: Article

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