Business relationship process management as company dynamic capability improving relationship portfolio

Industrial Marketing Management

Volumn 46, Issue , 2015, Pages 193-203

  Mitrega, Maciej ^a   Pfajfar, Gregor ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS IN KATOWICE   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Dynamic capabilities; Relationship management; Relationship portfolio performance; Relationship process; Relationship termination

Indexed keywords

EID: 84926419695     PISSN: 00198501     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.indmarman.2015.02.029     Document Type: Article

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