Vendor certification and appraisal: Implications for supplier quality

Management Science

Volumn 52, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1472-1482

  Hwang, Iny ^a   Radhakrishnan, Suresh ^b   Su, Lixin ^c  

^a MINNESOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^c HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Appraisal; Game theory; Incentives; Inspection; ISO 9000; Moral hazard; Quality management; Supplier quality; Supply chain; Vendor certification

Indexed keywords

APPRAISAL; INCENTIVES; ISO 9000; MORAL HAZARD; QUALITY MANAGEMENT; SUPPLIER QUALITY; SUPPLY CHAIN; VENDOR CERTIFICATION;

GAME THEORY; INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; INSPECTION; MANAGEMENT SCIENCE;

QUALITY CONTROL;

EID: 33749652551     PISSN: 00251909     EISSN: 15265501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.1060.0557     Document Type: Article

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