Internet-based scanning of the competitive environment

Benchmarking

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 465-481

  Rajaniemi, Katja ^a,b  

^a ABB CORPORATE RESEARCH   (Switzerland)

^b ABB OY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Benchmarking; Competitors; Internet

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547272537     PISSN: 14635771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14635770710761870     Document Type: Article

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