Exploring the antecedents of export motivation: The case of the Greek yogurt firms

International Journal of Globalisation and Small Business

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2018, Pages 49-76

  Papanikolaou, Zacharias ^a   Karelakis, Christos ^b   Mattas, Konstadinos ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Capabilities; Greek yogurt; Internationalisation; Motives; Path analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 85047643112     PISSN: 14793059     EISSN: 14793067     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJGSB.2018.091829     Document Type: Article

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