Customers' expectations factors in restaurants: The situation in Spain

International Journal of Quality and Reliability Management

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 1055-1067

  Soriano, Domingo Ribeiro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Costs; Meals; Quality; Restaurants; Service; Spain

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876874741     PISSN: 0265671X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02656710210438122     Document Type: Article

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