Strategic sourcing for supply chain agility and firms' performance: A study of Indian manufacturing sector

Management Decision

Volumn 46, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1508-1530

  Khan, Arif K ^a   Pillania, Rajesh K ^a,b  

^a MANAGEMENT DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE   (India)

^b NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

India; Manufacturing industry; Sourcing; Supplier evaluation; Supply chain mangement; Trust

Indexed keywords

EID: 59849096357     PISSN: 00251747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00251740810920010     Document Type: Article

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