Conceptualizing salesperson competitive intelligence: An individual-level perspective

Journal of Personal Selling and Sales Management

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 141-155

  Rapp, Adam ^a   Agnihotri, Raj ^b   Baker, Thomas L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^b WILLIAM PATERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 79955602330     PISSN: 08853134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2753/PSS0885-3134310203     Document Type: Article

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