Service quality in outsourced facility maintenance services

Journal of Corporate Real Estate

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 39-49

  Marja Rasila, Heidi ^a   Florian Gersberg, Nils ^a  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

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EID: 84876251157     PISSN: 1463001X     EISSN: 14791048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14630010710742473     Document Type: Article

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