Importance of company size in long-term orientation of supply function: An empirical research

Journal of Business and Industrial Marketing

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 236-248

  Redondo, Yolanda Polo ^a   Fierro, Jesús J Cambra ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD PABLO DE OLAVIDE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Customer satisfaction; Customers; Small to medium sized organizations; Supplier relations; Suppliers; Trust

Indexed keywords

EID: 34249978761     PISSN: 08858624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/08858620710754504     Document Type: Article

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