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Mystery Shopping as a Strategic Management Practice in Multi-Site Service Firms

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  • Block, Sidney
  • Friebel, Guido
  • Heinz, Matthias
  • Zubanov, Nick

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  • Block, Sidney & Friebel, Guido & Heinz, Matthias & Zubanov, Nick, 2023. "Mystery Shopping as a Strategic Management Practice in Multi-Site Service Firms," VfS Annual Conference 2023 (Regensburg): Growth and the "sociale Frage" 277715, Verein für Socialpolitik / German Economic Association.
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