Bridging inter- and intra-firm boundaries: Management of supplier involvement in automobile product development

Strategic Management Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 403-433

  Takeishi, Akira ^a  

^a HITOTSUBASHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Competitive advantage; Outsourcing; Product development; Supplier relations

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000921704     PISSN: 01432095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smj.164     Document Type: Article

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