Firm competencies on market entry success: Evidence from a high-tech industry in an emerging market

Journal of Business Research

Volumn 66, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 2444-2450

  Wang, Kung Jeng ^a   Lestari, Yuliani Dwi ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^b BANDUNG INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

Competencies; Emerging market; High tech; Market entry

Indexed keywords

EID: 84883810129     PISSN: 01482963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusres.2013.05.033     Document Type: Article

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