Building global logistics competence with Chinese OEM suppliers

Technology in Society

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 333-348

  Li, Po Chien ^a   Lin, Bou Wen ^b  

^a YUAN ZE UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Guanxi; Logistics competence; Manufacturing flexibility; Networks

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; LOGISTICS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

GLOBAL LOGISTICS COMPETENCE; MANUFACTURING FLEXIBILITY; NETWORK BUILDING;

INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS;

GLOBAL ECONOMY; LOGISTICS; MANUFACTURING;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 33748494003     PISSN: 0160791X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.techsoc.2006.06.003     Document Type: Article

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