Translation in cross-language international business research: Beyond equivalence

Journal of International Business Studies

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 562-582

  Chidlow, Agnieszka ^a   Plakoyiannaki, Emmanuella ^b   Welch, Catherine ^c  

^a MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

content analysis; language (language design; qualitative quantitative comparisons; silent language; translation)

Indexed keywords

EID: 84902193160     PISSN: 00472506     EISSN: 14786990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/jibs.2013.67     Document Type: Article

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