Employing the participative paradigm as a valid empirical approach to gaining a greater understanding of contemporary supply chain and distribution management issues

International Journal of Retail and Distribution Management

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 627-637

  Towers, Neil ^a   Chen, Rong ^b  

^a HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Distribution management; Qualitative research; Supply chain management

Indexed keywords

EID: 46749118450     PISSN: 09590552     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09590550810883478     Document Type: Article

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