An alternative measure for assessing perceived quality of software house services

Service Industries Journal

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 803-823

  Gounaris, Spiros P ^a  

^a ATHENS UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEASUREMENT METHOD; SERVICE SECTOR; SOFTWARE;

EID: 23844462475     PISSN: 02642069     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02642060500103373     Document Type: Article

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