Can Business Development Services practitioners learn from theories of innovation and services marketing?

Development in Practice

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 425-440

  Caniëls, Marjolein ^a   Romijn, Henny ^b   de Ruijter De Wildt, Marieke ^c  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY OF THE NETHERLANDS   (Netherlands)

^b EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^c CDR VUA   (Costa Rica)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT; DEVELOPING WORLD; INNOVATION; NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION;

EID: 33746605220     PISSN: 09614524     EISSN: 13649213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09614520600792366     Document Type: Review

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