Time and the customer relationship management process: Conceptual and methodological insights

Journal of Business and Industrial Marketing

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 218-230

  Plakoyiannaki, Emmanuella ^a   Saren, Michael ^b  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Buyer seller relationships; Customer relations

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745465801     PISSN: 08858624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/08858620610672588     Document Type: Article

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