Progress towards buyer-supplier partnerships: Evidence from small and medium-sized manufacturing firms

European Journal of Purchasing and Supply Management

Volumn 2, Issue 2-3, 1996, Pages 119-127

  Mudambi, Ram ^a   Schründer, Claus Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BUCKINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Buyer supplier partnerships; Purchasing; SMEs

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030163515     PISSN: 09697012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0969-7012(96)00001-9     Document Type: Article

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