Internationalization and Performance of Retail Firms: A Bayesian Dynamic Model

Journal of Retailing

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 191-205

  Assaf, A George ^a   Josiassen, Alexander ^b   Ratchford, Brian T ^c   Barros, Carlos Pestana ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b Department of International Economics and Management   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Bayesian dynamic modeling; Cost efficiency; Internationalization; Organizational learning; Retail firm performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861529579     PISSN: 00224359     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jretai.2011.11.005     Document Type: Article

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