Successful industrial service pricing

Journal of Business & Industrial Marketing

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 86-97

  Indounas, Kostis ^a  

^a ATHENS UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Communication technologies; Eastern Europe; Electronic commerce; Procurement; United States of America

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993090882     PISSN: 08858624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/08858620910931703     Document Type: Article

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