Assessing the rigor of case study research in supply chain management

Supply Chain Management

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 128-137

  Seuring, Stefan A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KASSEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Case studies; Economic sustainability; Performance management; Research method; Supply chain management

Indexed keywords

EID: 40849145516     PISSN: 13598546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13598540810860967     Document Type: Article

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