Markets and Networks in International Trade: On the Role of Distances in Globalization

Management International Review

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 761-789

  Håkanson, Lars ^a   Dow, Douglas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Geographic distance; Gravity model; Markets; Networks; Psychic distance; Trade

Indexed keywords

EID: 84869198316     PISSN: 09388249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11575-012-0142-3     Document Type: Article

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