Perspectives on joint competitive advantages in buyer-supplier relationships

International Journal of Research in Marketing

Volumn 18, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 19-35

  Jap, Sandy D ^a,b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Boundaries of the firm; Buyer supplier relationships; Competitive advantages; Opportunism

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035373637     PISSN: 01678116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8116(01)00028-3     Document Type: Article

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