The buyer-supplier long-term partnership effects upon the buyer's operational performance in the Taiwan center-satellite factory system

International Journal of Technology Management

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 243-258

  Hsieh, Lung Far ^a  

^a CHUNG YUAN CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Buyer's operational performance; Commitment; Coordination; Information sharing; Long term partnership; Trust

Indexed keywords

COSTS; INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

INFORMATION SHARING; LONG-TERM PARTNERSHIP; TRANSACTION RELATIONSHIPS;

OPERATIONS RESEARCH;

EID: 6344279904     PISSN: 02675730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJTM.2004.005064     Document Type: Article

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