Pricing practices of service organizations

Journal of Services Marketing

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 346-356

  Avlonitis, George J ^a   Indounas, Kostis A ^a  

^a ATHENS UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Greece; Pricing policy; Service industries

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748192144     PISSN: 08876045     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/08876040610679954     Document Type: Article

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