An analysis of suppliers' roles in category management collaboration

Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-8

  Lindblom, Arto ^a   Olkkonen, Rami ^b  

^a HELSINKI SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Category management; Supplier retailer collaboration; Suppliers' roles

Indexed keywords

COMPETITIVENESS; DECISION MAKING; INDUSTRIAL PERFORMANCE; INDUSTRIAL PRACTICE; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; RETAILING; TERMS OF TRADE; VARIANCE ANALYSIS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FINLAND; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 35748970178     PISSN: 09696989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jretconser.2007.01.002     Document Type: Article

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