Internationalizing sales research: Current status, opportunities, and challenges

Journal of Personal Selling and Sales Management

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 219-242

  Panagopoulos, Nikolaos ^a   Lee, Nick ^b   Pullins, Ellen ^c   Avlonitis, George ^a   Brassier, Pascal ^d   Guenzi, Paolo ^e   Humenberger, Anna ^f   Kwiatek, Piotr ^g   Loe, Terry ^h   Oksanen Ylikoski, Elina ⁱ   Peterson, Robert ^j   Rogers, Beth ^k   Weilbaker, Dan ^l  

^a ATHENS UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (Greece)

^b ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

^d Graduate School of Management   (United States)

^e BOCCONI UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Austria)

^g B2B Centrum   (Poland)

^h KENNESAW STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ InnoOmnia ^*  (Finland)

^j NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^l UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

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EID: 80051676182     PISSN: 08853134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2753/PSS0885-3134310302     Document Type: Review

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