Prioritizing service quality dimensions

Managing Service Quality: An International Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 493-509

  Chowdhary, Nimit ^a   Prakash, Monika ^a  

^a School of Management   (India)

Author keywords

Service levels; Service quality assurance

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548608718     PISSN: 09604529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09604520710817325     Document Type: Article

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