Managing relationships in showery weather: The role of umbrella agreements

Journal of Business Research

Volumn 59, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1248-1256

  Mouzas, Stefanos ^a   Ford, David ^b  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY MANAGEMENT SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Contracts; Relationships; Umbrella agreements

Indexed keywords

EID: 33751225680     PISSN: 01482963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusres.2006.10.001     Document Type: Article

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