Gaps in buyer-seller relationships

Management Decision

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 180-189

  Leminen, Seppo ^a,b  

^a Helsinki Business Polytechnic   (Finland)

^b HANKEN SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Finland)

Author keywords

Channel relationships; Relationship marketing

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986169789     PISSN: 00251747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/EUM0000000005449     Document Type: Article

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