A comparative assessment of domestic and international supplier-customer relationship perceptions

International Journal of Physical Distribution and Logistics Management

Volumn 38, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 616-636

  Rinehart, Lloyd M ^a   Lee, Tzong Ru ^b   Page Jr , Thomas J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Customer relations; Globalization; Supplier relations; Taiwan; Trust; United States of America

Indexed keywords

EID: 52449084183     PISSN: 09600035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09600030810915143     Document Type: Article

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