How exporters' and intermediaries' resources influence export performance

Australasian Marketing Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 100-107

  Theingi, ^a   Purchase, Sharon ^b  

^a ASSUMPTION UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Export intermediary; Export performance; Resource based view; SMEs; Thailand

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955664263     PISSN: 14413582     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ausmj.2011.03.002     Document Type: Article

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