Buyer-supplier relationships: Alternative research approaches

European Journal of Purchasing and Supply Management

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 221-231

  Olsen, Rasmus Friis ^a   Ellram, Lisa M ^b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Buyer supplier relationship literature; Buyer supplier research perspectives

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031498089     PISSN: 09697012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0969-7012(97)00022-1     Document Type: Article

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