Using organizational control mechanisms to enhance procurement efficiency: How GlaxoSmithKline improved the effectiveness of e-procurement

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Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 209-219

  Kulp, Susan L ^a   Randall, Taylor ^b   Brandyberry, Gregg ^c   Potts, Kevin ^d  

^a HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^c GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United States)

^d Emptoris   (United States)

Author keywords

Accounting; Industries: pharmaceutical, incentives, information systems

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745301381     PISSN: 00922102     EISSN: 1526551X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/inte.1060.0209     Document Type: Article

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