Corporate-customer satisfaction in the banking industry of Singapore

International Journal of Bank Marketing

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 97-111

  Armstrong, Robert W ^a   Boon Seng, Tan ^a  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Banking; Business to business marketing; Customer satisfaction; Relationship marketing

Indexed keywords

EID: 27144467832     PISSN: 02652323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02652320010339617     Document Type: Article

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