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Exploring customer satisfaction with university cafeteria food services. An empirical study of Temptation Restaurant at Taylor’s University, Malaysia

By: Anshul Garg and  Jeetesh Kumar  
Open Access
|May 2018

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/ejthr-2017-0009 | Journal eISSN: 2182-4924 | Journal ISSN: 2182-4916
Language: English
Page range: 96 - 106
Submitted on: May 22, 2017
Accepted on: Oct 20, 2017
Published on: May 14, 2018
Published by: Polytechnic Institute of Leiria
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
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