“…Palia, in several case studies (Palia, 1992;1993;Palia & Liesch, 1991;Palia & Yoon, 1994;Liesch & Palia, 1999), on the other hand, stood out in this field of study, being responsible for studies of the commercial compensations in various national contexts, as in the cases of Australia (1991Australia ( , 1997Australia ( , 1999 1 , Indonesia (1992), Japan (1993) and both North and South Korea (1994), among others. This studies looked into identifying and typifying countertrade (commercial counterparts) 2.…”