Employing information technology in purchasing: Buyer-supplier relationships and size of the supplier base

Industrial Marketing Management

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 127-136

  Stump, Rodney L ^a   Sriram, Ven ^a  

^a MORGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0031091828     PISSN: 00198501     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0019-8501(96)00123-X     Document Type: Article

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