Shaping buyer-supplier relationships in manufacturing contexts: Design and test of a contingency model

Journal of Purchasing and Supply Management

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 26-41

  Saccani, Nicola ^a   Perona, Marco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Buyer supplier relationships; Contingency model; Performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 34250169791     PISSN: 14784092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pursup.2007.03.003     Document Type: Article

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