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Stage models re-visited: A measure of the stage of internationalisation of a firm

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  • This paper presents a scale to measure the stage of internationalisation of a firm which depicts export development as an innovation adoption process. A four-stage, multi-item scale ranging from export awareness, interest, trial to adoption is developed.

  • The analysis is based on two independent surveys of Australian wineries. Systematic procedures of scale development are followed including the use of confirmatory factor analysis for scale validation.

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  1. School of International Business, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

    Rumintha Wickramasekera

  2. Applied Economics and Quantitative Methods, School of Commerce, Charles Sturt University, Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia

    Edward Oczkowski

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The authors would like to thank Geoff Bamberry and two anonymous referees for comments on an earlier draft of this paper.

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Wickramasekera, R., Oczkowski, E. Stage models re-visited: A measure of the stage of internationalisation of a firm. MANAGE. INT. REV. 46, 39–55 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11575-007-0048-7

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