The Post-entry Performance of Cohorts of Export Starters in German Manufacturing Industries

International Journal of the Economics of Business

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 169-193

  Wagner, Joachim ^a  

^a LEUPHANA UNIVERSITY OF LÜNEBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Enterprise Panel Data; Export Starters; Germany; Post Entry Performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861946285     PISSN: 13571516     EISSN: 14661829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13571516.2012.686010     Document Type: Article

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