Logistics service quality as a segment-customized process

Journal of Marketing

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 82-104

  Mentzer, John T ^a   Flint, Daniel J ^a   Hult, G Tomas M ^a  

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EID: 0035610701     PISSN: 00222429     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1509/jmkg.65.4.82.18390     Document Type: Article

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