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Relationships among Components of Insurance Companies and Services’ Quality

By: Urban Šebjan and  Polona Tominc  
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|Dec 2014

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/orga-2014-0021 | Journal eISSN: 1581-1832 | Journal ISSN: 1318-5454
Language: English
Page range: 231 - 244
Submitted on: Jun 16, 2013
Accepted on: Sep 28, 2014
Published on: Dec 30, 2014
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