Suppliers' opportunity enactment through the development of valuable capabilities

Journal of Business and Industrial Marketing

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 23-34

  Philipsen, Kristian ^a   Damgaard, Torben ^a   Johnsen, Rhona E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Channel relationships; Denmark; Small to medium sized enterprises; Suppliers

Indexed keywords

EID: 37549055063     PISSN: 08858624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/08858620810841461     Document Type: Article

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