Marketing science in a postmodern world: introduction to the special issue

European Journal of Marketing

Volumn 31, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 167-182

  Brown, Stephen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Art; Marketing; Postmodernism; Science

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042240922     PISSN: 03090566     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/03090569710162308     Document Type: Article

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