The adoption of the internet by export firms in transitional markets

Asia Pacific Journal of Marketing and Logistics

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 29-42

  Nguyen, Tho D ^a   Barrett, Nigel J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Export markets; Internet; Learning; Market orientation; Modelling; Technology led strategy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84931032405     PISSN: 13555855     EISSN: 17584248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13555850610641073     Document Type: Article

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