The phrase "close countries" is correct and can be used in written English
It refers to countries that are geographically close to each other. Example: The United States and Canada are close countries, sharing a long border and many cultural similarities.
The first internationalization pattern common to the two brands is that both started their efforts in relatively close countries.
Based on the Uppsala school, it was discussed that companies try to internationalize on a systematic process by exporting their product/ services to the geographically close countries.
The analysis of Giordano and Uniqlo's internationalization in this study showed similar patterns of foreign market entry; they started with relatively close countries first, and then expanded to more distant countries aggressively with different strategies in specific.
In the previous case studies on global fast fashion brands such as Zara (Lopez & Fan 2009), H&M and New Look (Childs & Jin 2014), the brands showed similar entry patterns to relatively close countries following the Uppsala model in the initial stage of internationalization.
For subtypes with small groups, strata of geographically close countries were combined to provide sufficiently large groups for estimation.
The overall prevalence of HCV infection in the general population in our study is found to be 1.58% and was lower than the prevalence reports from close countries; Algeria (2.5%), Libya (3%) and Egypt (15%-20%-20%10- 12].
Immigrating to a close country or having more knowledge about it dampens the risk of overeducation (Aleksynska and Tritah 2013; Tani 2012).
In May June 1944 it took part in the advance on Rome, working its way up in close country between the central mountains and the sea to the west.
Again, this is likely to matter more the closer countries are to the limits of technology.
Australia and New Zealand, the closest countries to the scene of the confrontation, today urged both sides to show restraint.
Australia and New Zealand, the closest countries to the scene of the annual confrontation, today urged both sides to show restraint.
