Sales force compensation: Research insights and research potential

Handbook of Business-to-Business Marketing

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 473-495

  Coughlan, Anne T ^a   Joseph, Kissan ^b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

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EID: 84882047012     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4337/9781781002445.00037     Document Type: Chapter

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