Key accounts and team selling: A review, framework, and research agenda?

Journal of Personal Selling and Sales Management

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 181-

  Jones, Eli ^a   Dixon, Andrea L ^b   Chonko, Lawrence B ^c   Cannon, Joseph P ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^d Department of Ecosystem Science and Sustainability   (United States)

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EID: 25444514008     PISSN: 08853134     EISSN: 15577813     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08853134.2005.10749058     Document Type: Article

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