Case study: Supplier-purchaser relationships within a quasi-market: The case of British rail and British steel track products

European Journal of Purchasing and Supply Management

Volumn 2, Issue 2-3, 1996, Pages 145-151

  Boyett, Inger ^a   Robinson, Phil ^a   Brown, Andrew ^a   Finlay, Don ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Partnership sourcing; Public sector procurement; Quality assurance; Strategic alliances

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030167172     PISSN: 09697012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0969-7012(95)00016-X     Document Type: Article

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