Product innovativeness, customer newness, and new product performance: A time-lagged examination of the impact of salesperson selling intentions on new product performance

Journal of Personal Selling and Sales Management

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 351-364

  Fu, Frank ^a   Jones, Eli ^b   Bolander, Willy ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

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EID: 67649934304     PISSN: 08853134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2753/PSS0885-3134280402     Document Type: Article

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