Co-creating integrated solutions within business networks: The KAM team as knowledge integrator

Industrial Marketing Management

Volumn 43, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1195-1203

  Hakanen, Taru ^a  

^a VTT TECHNICAL RESEARCH CENTRE OF FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Absorptive capacity; Integrated solution; KAM; Key account management; KIBS

Indexed keywords

EID: 84909995979     PISSN: 00198501     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.indmarman.2014.08.002     Document Type: Article

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