Entering and developing a service network

Journal of Services Marketing

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 58-67

  Leek, Sheena ^a   Canning, Louise ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Business formation; Channel relationships; Entrepreneurs; Social networks

Indexed keywords

EID: 79551634665     PISSN: 08876045     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/08876041111107069     Document Type: Article

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