An empirical test of six stated importance measures

International Journal of Market Research

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 717-740

  Chrzan, Keith ^a,b   Golovashkina, Natalia ^a  

^a Maritz Research   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

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EID: 33845585493     PISSN: 14707853     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/147078530604800607     Document Type: Article

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