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International Journal of Service Industry Management
Emerald Article: Service portraits in service research: a critical review Bo Edvardsson, Anders Gustafsson, Inger Roos

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To cite this document: Bo Edvardsson, Anders Gustafsson, Inger Roos, (2005),"Service portraits in service research: a critical review", International Journal of Service Industry Management, Vol. 16 Iss: 1 pp. 107 - 121 Permanent link to this document: http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/09564230510587177 Downloaded on: 03-10-2012 References: This document contains references to 31 other documents Citations: This document has been cited by 87 other documents To copy this document: permissions@emeraldinsight.com This document has been downloaded 6497 times since 2005. *

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