Antecedents and consequences of social capital on buyer performance improvement

Journal of Operations Management

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 446-460

  Lawson, Benn ^a   Tyler, Beverly B ^b   Cousins, Paul D ^c  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Buyer performance improvements; Social capital; Supplier relationships

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; MARKETING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBLEM SOLVING; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

BUYER PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENTS; MANAGERIAL COMMUNICATION; SOCIAL CAPITAL; SUPPLIER RELATIONSHIPS;

SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT;

EID: 42049090754     PISSN: 02726963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jom.2007.10.001     Document Type: Article

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