Competitive priorities for service providers: Perspectives from Thailand

Industrial Management & Data Systems

Volumn 108, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 5-21

  Phusavat, Kongkiti ^a   Kanchana, Rapee ^a  

^a KASETSART UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Competitive strategy; Services; Thailand

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

COMPETITIVE STRATEGY; ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT; SERVICE PROVIDERS;

WEB SERVICES;

EID: 38549143330     PISSN: 02635577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02635570810844052     Document Type: Article

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