Business customers' satisfaction: What happens when suppliers downsize?

Industrial Marketing Management

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 283-299

  Lewin, Jeffrey E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Business customers' satisfaction; Downsizing

Indexed keywords

EID: 61449228628     PISSN: 00198501     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.indmarman.2007.11.005     Document Type: Article

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