New service teams as information-processing systems: Reducing innovative uncertainty

Journal of Service Research

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 46-65

  Lievens, Annouk ^a   Moenaert, Rudy K ^b,c  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c NYENRODE BUSINESS UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 0008224164     PISSN: 10946705     EISSN: 15527379     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/109467050031004     Document Type: Article

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