Managing industrial buyer-supplier relations - The case for attractiveness

Integrated Manufacturing Systems

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 346-356

  Ellegaard, Chris ^a   Johansen, John ^a   Drejer, Anders ^a  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Buyer seller relationships; Networks; Suppliers; Supply chain management

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; CUSTOMER SATISFACTION; EXTRUSION; MANAGEMENT;

BUYER-SUPPLIER RELATIONS;

INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS;

EID: 0037616552     PISSN: 09576061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09576060310469725     Document Type: Article

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