Market orientation in Indian organizations: An empirical study

Marketing Intelligence & Planning

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 700-715

  Aggarwal, Navdeep ^a   Singh, Raghbir ^a  

^a GURU NANAK DEV UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Market orientation; Senior management

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993047146     PISSN: 02634503     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02634500410568547     Document Type: Article

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