The threat to core competence posed by developing closer supply chain relationships

International Journal of Logistics Research and Applications

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 295-305

  Parry, Glenn ^a   Graves, Andrew ^a   James Moore, Mike ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Core competence; Cost; Procurement; Supplier relationship

Indexed keywords

EID: 61849156146     PISSN: 13675567     EISSN: 1469848X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13675560600859524     Document Type: Article

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