An empirical examination of the pricing policies and their antecedents in the services sector

European Journal of Marketing

Volumn 41, Issue 7-8, 2007, Pages 740-764

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

^a ATHENS UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Greece; Pricing policy; Services

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547198326     PISSN: 03090566     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/03090560710752384     Document Type: Article

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