Customer-focus and business performance: The study of food and beverages organizations in Nigeria

Measuring Business Excellence

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 65-76

  Nwokah, N Gladson ^a   Maclayton, Darego W ^a  

^a RIVERS STATE UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Beverages; Business performance; Customer orientation; Food industry; Nigeria

Indexed keywords

EID: 33751165076     PISSN: 13683047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13683040610719281     Document Type: Article

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