Purchasing consortia as symbiotic relationships: Developing the concept of "consortium sourcing"

European Journal of Purchasing and Supply Management

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 13-22

  Essig, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

Author keywords

Co operation; Consortium sourcing; Purchasing consortium; Supply strategy

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034148406     PISSN: 09697012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0969-7012(99)00031-3     Document Type: Article

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