Sales force automation: Review, critique, research agenda

International Journal of Management Reviews

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 213-231

  Buttle, Francis ^a   Ang, Lawrence ^a   Iriana, Reiny ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 33845622909     PISSN: 14608545     EISSN: 14682370     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2370.2006.00128.x     Document Type: Review

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