Inter-organisational relationships in professional services: Towards a typology of service relationships

Journal of Services Marketing

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 114-127

  Laing, Angus W ^a   Lian, Paul C S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Business to business marketing; Professional services; Trust

Indexed keywords

EID: 19644381344     PISSN: 08876045     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/08876040510591420     Document Type: Article

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