The strategic effects of a merger upon supplier interactions

Naval Research Logistics

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 162-175

  Gilbert, Stephen M ^a   Xia, Yusen ^b   Yu, Gang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Channels of distribution; Demand stimulation; Non product line pricing; Product line pricing; Supply chain management

Indexed keywords

CHANNELS OF DISTRIBUTION; DEMAND STIMULATION; NON PRODUCT LINE PRICING; PRODUCT LINE PRICING;

MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS; OPERATIONS RESEARCH; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT;

EID: 33847698115     PISSN: 0894069X     EISSN: 15206750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nav.20198     Document Type: Article

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