Information Sources Applied in Search for a Foreign Business Partner and the Perception of Barriers in Establishing International Cooperation
Author(s) -
Lidia Danik
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
annales universitatis mariae curie-skłodowska sectio h oeconomia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2449-8513
pISSN - 0459-9586
DOI - 10.17951/h.2015.49.3.39
Subject(s) - china , perception , business , reliability (semiconductor) , international business , international trade , marketing , psychology , political science , economics , management , power (physics) , physics , quantum mechanics , neuroscience , law
The aim of the paper is to analyze the relationship between the perception of the barriers in establishing an international cooperation and information sources applied while looking for foreign partners. The paper presents the results of the study on 278 Polish exporters and importers cooperating with partners from China and Germany. The companies were divided in two clusters differing in the perception of the barriers in establishing the cooperation with partners from China and Germany. The analysis revealed that these clusters differ only to a modest extent regarding the information sources applied to find a foreign partner. However, significant differences regarding the way of verifying the partner’s reliability were shown. This effect did not depend on the partner’s country of origin.
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