The basics of marketing strategy

The Marketing Book: Seventh Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2016, Pages 53-85

  Wensley, Robin ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b Indira Gandhi Open University   (India)

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DOI: 10.4324/9781315890005     Document Type: Chapter

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