Non-linear relationship between industrial service offering and sales growth: The moderating role of network capabilities

Industrial Marketing Management

Volumn 42, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1374-1385

  Kohtamäki, Marko ^a   Partanen, Jukka ^b   Parida, Vinit ^c   Wincent, Joakim ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VAASA   (Finland)

^b HELSINKI SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Finland)

^c LULEÅ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Alliance capability; Firm sales performance; Industrial service business; Industrial service offering; Network capabilities

Indexed keywords

EID: 84888201742     PISSN: 00198501     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.indmarman.2013.07.018     Document Type: Article

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