Identification and management of high-potential professional services

Management Decision

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 864-879

  Smedlund, Anssi ^a  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Channel relationships; Information networks; Innovation; Professional services; Services

Indexed keywords

EID: 45549102910     PISSN: 00251747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00251740810882644     Document Type: Article

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