How does proximity affect interfirm marketing cooperation? A study of an agribusiness cluster

Journal of Business Research

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 263-272

  Geldes, Cristian ^a   Felzensztein, Christian ^b   Turkina, Ekaterina ^c   Durand, Aurélia ^c  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE BIOLOGÍA   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSIDAD ADOLFO IBÁÑEZ   (Chile)

^c HEC MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Agribusiness; Cluster; Emerging economies; Interfirm cooperation; Marketing; Proximity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84919627969     PISSN: 01482963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusres.2014.09.034     Document Type: Article

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