SCM practices and the health of the SMEs in Pakistan

Supply Chain Management

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 412-422

  Bhutta, M Khurrum S ^a   Rana, Arif I ^b   Asad, Usman ^b  

^a NICHOLLS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LAHORE UNIVERSITY OF MANAGEMENT SCIENCES   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Pakistan; Small to medium sized enterprises; Supply chain management

Indexed keywords

EID: 35148867131     PISSN: 13598546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13598540710826344     Document Type: Article

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