Selecting a professional service provider from the short list

Journal of Business and Industrial Marketing

Volumn 18, Issue 6-7, 2003, Pages 564-579

  Day, Ellen ^a   Barksdale, Hiram C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Professional services; Research methods; Selection; United States of America

Indexed keywords

EID: 0242678546     PISSN: 08858624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/08858620310492428     Document Type: Article

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