Firms' customer responsiveness and performance: The moderating roles of dyadic competition and firm's age

Journal of Business and Industrial Marketing

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 34-44

  Pehrsson, Anders ^a  

^a LINNAEUS UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

competition; Competitive dynamics; Industrial marketing; Market orientation; Performance; Responsiveness

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894319673     PISSN: 08858624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/JBIM-01-2011-0004     Document Type: Article

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