Purchasing Competence and Its Relationship with Manufacturing Performance

Journal of Supply Chain Management

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 17-28

  Das, Ajay ^a   Narasimhan, Ram ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0010776821     PISSN: 15232409     EISSN: 1745493X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-493X.2000.tb00074.x     Document Type: Article

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