International purchasing, inventory management and logistics research: An assessment and agenda

International Journal of Operations and Production Management

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 6-36

  Babbar, Sunil ^a   Prasad, Sameer ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN WHITEWATER   (United States)

Author keywords

Classification; Inventory control; Logistics; Purchasing; Research

Indexed keywords

EID: 3543050130     PISSN: 01443577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01443579810192763     Document Type: Review

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