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Going beyond customers - a business segmentation approach using network pictures to identify network segments. / Henneberg, S; Mouzas, S; Naude, P.
In: Journal of Business Market Management, Vol. 3, No. 2, 2009, p. 91-113.

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Henneberg S, Mouzas S, Naude P. Going beyond customers - a business segmentation approach using network pictures to identify network segments. Journal of Business Market Management. 2009;3(2):91-113. doi: 10.1007/s12087-009-0003-y

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Henneberg, S ; Mouzas, S ; Naude, P. / Going beyond customers - a business segmentation approach using network pictures to identify network segments. In: Journal of Business Market Management. 2009 ; Vol. 3, No. 2. pp. 91-113.

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