Services networks: Concept and research agenda

Industrial Marketing Management

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 3-8

  Henneberg, Stephan C ^a   Gruber, Thorsten ^a   Naudé, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Business Marketing; Conceptualization; Research Agenda; Services Networks; Services Systems

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873567375     PISSN: 00198501     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.indmarman.2012.11.013     Document Type: Article

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