Customer satisfaction cues to support market segmentation and explain switching behavior

Journal of Business Research

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 191-207

  Athanassopoulos, Antreas D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (Greece)

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EID: 0034148454     PISSN: 01482963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0148-2963(98)00060-5     Document Type: Article

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