Internationalization Knowledge: What, Why, Where,andWhen?

Journal of International Marketing

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 47-71

  Fletcher, Margaret ^a   Harris, Simon ^b   Richey, Robert Glenn ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Internalization; Interorganizational strategy; Knowledge management; Market development; Market entry

Indexed keywords

EID: 84883661272     PISSN: 1069031X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1509/jim.12.0121     Document Type: Article

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