“…Most of the KAM literature deals with industrial relationships (Diller, 1989;McDonald, Millman, & Rogers, 1997;Millman, 1996;Millman & Wilson, 1999;Ojasalo, 2001aOjasalo, , 2001bOjasalo, , 2001cPardo, Salle, & Spencer, 1995;Stevenson & Page, 1979), although the terms ''national account marketing'' (NAM) (Stevenson, 1980(Stevenson, , 1981Stevenson & Page, 1979) and ''strategic account management'' (SAM) (Storbacka, Sivula, & Kaario, 1999) have also been used in the literature.…”