Social practices as units of value creation: theoretical underpinnings and implications

International Journal of Quality and Service Sciences

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 95-112

  Holttinen, Heli ^a  

^a HANKEN SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Finland)

Author keywords

Consumer behaviour; Market segmentation; Networking; Service systems; Value analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986014770     PISSN: 1756669X     EISSN: 17566703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17566691011026621     Document Type: Article

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