Research note: Role of the sales manager in channel management: Impact of organizational variables

Journal of Personal Selling and Sales Management

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 81-88

  Mehta, Rajiv ^a   Rosenbloom, Bert ^b   Anderson, Rolph ^c  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

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EID: 0005923179     PISSN: 08853134     EISSN: 15577813     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08853134.2000.10754227     Document Type: Article

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