Dynamic effects of business cycles on business relationships

Management Decision

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 291-304

  Alajoutsijärvi, Kimmo ^a   Mainela, Tuija ^a   Ulkuniemi, Pauliina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Business cycles; Business to business marketing; Project business; Relationship management; Volatile business environment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857943677     PISSN: 00251747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00251741211203579     Document Type: Article

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