Supplier selection in pharmaceutical industry: An analytic network process approach

Benchmarking

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 494-516

  Kirytopoulos, Konstantinos ^a   Leopoulos, Vrassidas ^b   Voulgaridou, Dimitra ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE AEGEAN   (Greece)

^b NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Decision making; Greece; Pharmaceuticals industry; Supplier relations; Suppliers; Supply chain management

Indexed keywords

EID: 48249087306     PISSN: 14635771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14635770810887267     Document Type: Article

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