Business relationships facing the end: Why restore them?

Journal of Business and Industrial Marketing

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 14-23

  Tähtinen, Jaana ^a   Vaaland, Terje I ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STAVANGER   (Norway)

Author keywords

Buyer seller relationships; Channel relationships; Investors; Litigation; Strategic alliances

Indexed keywords

EID: 33644514382     PISSN: 08858624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/08858620610643139     Document Type: Article

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