Management of buyer-supplier conflict: The case of the Turkish automotive industry

Journal of Business Research

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 662-670

  Kozan, M Kamil ^a   Wasti, S Nazli ^b   Kuman, Ayca ^c  

^a ST JOHN FISHER COLLEGE   (United States)

^b MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c Ankara Chamber of Industry   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Automotive industry; Buyer supplier relationships; Developing country; Inter organizational conflict; Turkey

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646547956     PISSN: 01482963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusres.2005.12.001     Document Type: Article

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