Analysis and recommendations for the alternative measures of adaptive selling

Journal of Personal Selling and Sales Management

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 125-133

  Chakrabarty, Subhra ^a   Brown, Gene ^b   Widing, Robert E ^c   Taylor, Ronald D ^d  

^a LOUISIANA TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

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EID: 14944384631     PISSN: 08853134     EISSN: 15577813     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08853134.2004.10749024     Document Type: Article

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