Assumed empowerment: Consuming professional services in the knowledge economy

European Journal of Marketing

Volumn 40, Issue 9-10, 2006, Pages 994-1012

  Newholm, Terry ^a   Laing, Angus ^b   Hogg, Gillian ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Consumers; Empowerment; Information searches; Internet

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748981155     PISSN: 03090566     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/03090560610680970     Document Type: Article

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