SME-supplier alliance activity in manufacturing: Contingent benefits and perceptions

Strategic Management Journal

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 741-763

  Arend, Richard J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Perceptions; Self selection; Small business; Vertical alliance benefits

Indexed keywords

ENTERPRISE RESOURCE PLANNING; INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; MANAGERS; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

PERCEPTIONS; SELF SELECTION; SMALL BUSINESSES; VERTICAL ALLIANCE BENEFITS;

MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS;

EID: 33746255300     PISSN: 01432095     EISSN: 10970266     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smj.538     Document Type: Article

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