How co-operative is co-operative purchasing in smaller firms? Evidence from UK engineering SMEs

Long Range Planning

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 85-102

  Mudambi, Ram ^a   Schründer, Claus Peter ^b   Mongar, Andrew ^a  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Deustche PostWorld NetBusConsult   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; PUBLIC POLICY;

MANAGEMENT POLICIES;

STRATEGIC PLANNING;

BUSINESS SERVICE; CORPORATE STRATEGY; ENGINEERING; INDUSTRIAL LINKAGE; SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISE;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; MIDLANDS [ENGLAND]; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 1142305296     PISSN: 00246301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lrp.2003.11.007     Document Type: Article

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