Holding up the mirror: The impact of strategic procurement practices on account management

Business Horizons

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 41-50

  Ryals, Lynette J ^a   Rogers, Beth ^b  

^a CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Key account management; Procurement; Supply chain relationships

Indexed keywords

EID: 29944434647     PISSN: 00076813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bushor.2005.05.007     Document Type: Article

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