Scientific identity of "top" research journals in the broader discipline of marketing: Findings and queries

European Business Review

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 384-400

  Svensson, Göran ^a   Helgesson, Thomas ^b   Sltten, Terje ^a   Tronvoll, Brd ^a  

^a Oslo School of Management   (Norway)

^b HALMSTAD UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Marketing; Research methods; Sciences; Serials

Indexed keywords

EID: 50849112009     PISSN: 0955534X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09555340810897925     Document Type: Article

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