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Assessment of Customer Satisfaction with Postal Services – a Statistical Approach

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|Dec 2024

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/zireb-2024-0017 | Journal eISSN: 1849-1162 | Journal ISSN: 1331-5609
Language: English
Page range: 43 - 74
Published on: Dec 5, 2024
Published by: University of Zagreb, Faculty of Economics & Business
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