The changing role of middlemen - strategic responses to distribution dynamics

Industrial Marketing Management

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1131-1140

  Olsson, Robert ^a   Gadde, Lars Erik ^a   Hulthén, Kajsa ^a  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Distribution networks; Dynamics; Intermediaries; Middlemen; Roles

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886727444     PISSN: 00198501     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.indmarman.2013.06.006     Document Type: Article

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