Exploring strategies for companies that use manufacturers' representatives as their sales force

Industrial Marketing Management

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 453-461

  Dishman, Paul ^a  

^a Department of Marketing ^*  (United States)

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EID: 0030239608     PISSN: 00198501     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0019-8501(96)00044-2     Document Type: Article

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