Integrated solutions from a service-centered perspective: Applicability and limitations in the capital goods industry

Industrial Marketing Management

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1278-1290

  Windahl, Charlotta ^a   Lakemond, Nicolette ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Capital goods industry; Customer supplier interdependency; Goods; Integrated solutions; Services

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649236169     PISSN: 00198501     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.indmarman.2010.03.001     Document Type: Article

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