How designers and marketers can work together to support consumers' happiness

International Journal of Design

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 33-44

  Sääksjärvi, Maria ^a   Hellén, Katarina ^b  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VAASA   (Finland)

Author keywords

Business; Design; Marketing; Wellbeing

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889661881     PISSN: 19913761     EISSN: 1994036X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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