'Soft' supplier management related issues: An empirical investigation

International Journal of Production Economics

Volumn 106, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 431-449

  Polychronakis, Yiannis E ^a   Syntetos, Aris A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Case study; Hospitality industry; Organizational culture; Supplier management

Indexed keywords

PRODUCTION ENGINEERING; PRODUCTIVITY; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

CASE STUDY; HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; SUPPLIER MANAGEMENT;

INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT;

EID: 33846526179     PISSN: 09255273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpe.2006.07.008     Document Type: Article

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