The impact of technology on evolving roles of salespeople

Journal of Historical Research in Marketing

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 173-193

  Christ, Paul ^a   Anderson, Rolph ^b  

^a WEST CHESTER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

History; Information technology; Innovation; Sales force; Selling methods

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864448804     PISSN: 1755750X     EISSN: 17557518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17557501111132136     Document Type: Article

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