Export problems perceptions and clustering of Greek wine firms

EuroMed Journal of Business

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 6-22

  Karelakis, Christos ^a   Mattas, Konstadinos ^a   Chryssochoidis, George ^b  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Cluster analysis; Exports; Greece; Wines

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959256017     PISSN: 14502194     EISSN: 1758888x     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14502190810873795     Document Type: Article

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