Communication practices in a business relationship: Creating, relating and adapting communication artifacts through time

Industrial Marketing Management

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 319-332

  Mason, Katy ^a   Leek, Sheena ^b  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY MANAGEMENT SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Communication practices; New business relationship; Task media fit; Time

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858337534     PISSN: 00198501     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.indmarman.2012.01.010     Document Type: Article

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