Consequences of sales management's behavior- and compensation-based control strategies in developing countries

Journal of International Marketing

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 30-57

  Piercy, Nigel F ^a   Low, George S ^b   Cravens, David W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 4944261974     PISSN: 1069031X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1509/jimk.12.3.30.38102     Document Type: Review

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