Purchasing processes and characteristics of industrial service buyers in the U.S. and Japan

Journal of World Business

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 183-198

  Roth, Martin S ^a   Money, R Bruce ^a   Madden, Thomas J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

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EID: 2342433518     PISSN: 10909516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jwb.2003.08.008     Document Type: Article

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