Introduction: Special issue on enhancing sales force productivity

Journal of Personal Selling and Sales Management

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 109-113

  Mantrala, Murali K ^a   Albers, Sönke ^b   Gopalakrishna, Srinath ^a,c   Joseph, Kissan ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^c Department of Marketing ^*

^d UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

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EID: 43849098724     PISSN: 08853134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2753/PSS0885-3134280200     Document Type: Editorial

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