Interactive (networked) internationalization: The case of Swedish firms

European Journal of Marketing

Volumn 45, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1112-1129

  Awuah, Gabriel Baffour ^a   Gebrekidan, Desalegn Abraha ^b   Osarenkhoe, Aihie ^c  

^a HALMSTAD UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SKÖVDE   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GÄVLE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Foreign trade; Marketing; Sweden

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959572277     PISSN: 03090566     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/03090561111137633     Document Type: Article

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