The impact of market group culture on the appearance of post contractual opportunism in supply chain 'partnerships'

International Journal of Services and Operations Management

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 94-119

  Grant, Susan ^a  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Group culture; Opportunism; Supply chain relationships; UK industry

Indexed keywords

EID: 57349097239     PISSN: 17442370     EISSN: 17442389     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJSOM.2009.021627     Document Type: Article

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