Drivers of information sharing and export performance in the Jordanian agri-food export supply chain: A qualitative study

International Marketing Review

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 323-356

  Jraisat, Luai ^a   Gotsi, Manto ^b   Bourlakis, Michael ^c  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF MADABA   (Jordan)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Export performance; Export supply chain; Exports; Information; Information sharing drivers; Jordan; Qualitative research; Supply chain management

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879724099     PISSN: 02651335     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/IMR-03-2012-0056     Document Type: Article

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