...Stephanie Slater and Constantine Andriopoulos; Luai Jraisat; Manto Gotsi; Michael Bourlakis Purpose – Our understanding of the drivers of information sharing in export supply chains (ESCs) in general, and in agri-food ESCs in particular, remains scarce. In response, the authors’ paper seeks...

...Jasmine E.M. Williams This study focuses on the use of export marketing information in small and medium‐sized enterprises (SMEs), an area that has previously attracted little academic research attention. It reports on the application of scales measuring instrumental/conceptual and symbolic export...

...Rakhee Vyas; Anne L. Souchon Using information effectively has become a critical determinant for gaining competitive advantage and enhancing business performance. In this context, the need for further research into export information use is particularly pressing, given the increased recognition...

...Anne L. Souchon; Adamantios Diamantopoulos Export information acquisition has mostly been examined disparately as researchers have tended to focus on certain modes of information acquisition independently of others. Furthermore, past studies have typically employed single‐item measures...

...Susan J. Hart; John R. Webb; Marian V. Jones Examines the market research activities of UK industrial exporters. First reviews the literature concerned with information for international marketing in general and export marketing research in particular. Describes the method of a research study...

.... The key variable in this respect was “psychic distance”, defined as “the sum of factors preventing the flows of information from and to the market, for example differences in language, education, business practices, culture,industrial development, etc.” (Johanson and Vahlne 1977, p. 24). In a related...