An integrated model of the behavioural dimensions of industrial buyer-seller relationships

European Journal of Marketing

Volumn 40, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 145-173

  Leonidou, Leonidas C ^a   Palihawadana, Dayananda ^b   Theodosiou, Marios ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CYPRUS   (Cyprus)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Buyer seller relationships; Industrial marketing

Indexed keywords

EID: 31644444956     PISSN: 03090566     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/03090560610637365     Document Type: Review

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