The sales function in the twenty-first century: Where are we and where do we go from here?

European Journal of Marketing

Volumn 43, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 873-889

  Geiger, Susi ^a   Guenzi, Paolo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b BOCCONI UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Research; Sales; Sales management

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349616986     PISSN: 03090566     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/03090560910961434     Document Type: Editorial

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