Adding value to clients: Learning from four case-studies

Facilities

Volumn 27, Issue 9-10, 2009, Pages 399-412

  Sarshar, Marjan ^a   Pitt, Michael ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Facilities; Relationship marketing; Trust; Value added

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349647041     PISSN: 02632772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02632770910969649     Document Type: Article

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