Supplier development: Improving supplier performance through knowledge transfer

Journal of Operations Management

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 42-64

  Modi, Sachin B ^a   Mabert, Vincent A ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Purchasing; Supplier development; Supply management

Indexed keywords

COMPETITIVE INTELLIGENCE; DATA TRANSFER; KNOWLEDGE ACQUISITION; PURCHASING; QUALITY ASSURANCE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER; LATENT VARIABLE STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING (LVSEM); SUPPLIER DEVELOPMENT; SUPPLY MANAGEMENT;

ELECTRONIC COMMERCE;

EID: 33845288614     PISSN: 02726963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jom.2006.02.001     Document Type: Article

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