Gatekeeping in organizational purchasing: An empirical investigation

Journal of Business and Industrial Marketing

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 82-103

  Lau, Geok Theng ^a   Razzaque, Mohammed A ^b   Ong, Angeline ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Control; Information management; Purchasing

Indexed keywords

EID: 0242266373     PISSN: 08858624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/08858620310458651     Document Type: Article

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