Integration in the global sourcing organization - An information processing perspective

Journal of Supply Chain Management

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 57-74

  Trautmann, Gerhard ^a   Turkulainen, Virpi ^b   Hartmann, Evi ^c   Bals, Lydia ^d,e  

^a SIEMENS AG   (Germany)

^b AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^c EBS BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Germany)

^d Department of Innovation and Organizational Economics   (Denmark)

^e Bayer Business Consulting   (Germany)

Author keywords

Case studies; International global purchasing; Organization

Indexed keywords

EID: 63349104724     PISSN: 15232409     EISSN: 1745493X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-493X.2009.03163.x     Document Type: Article

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