Conceptual perspectives on selecting the principal variables in the purchasing managers' index

Journal of Supply Chain Management

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 44-52

  Cho, Danny I ^a   Ogwang, Tomson ^a  

^a BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 33645862256     PISSN: 15232409     EISSN: 1745493X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-493X.2006.00011.x     Document Type: Article

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