Establishing and developing strategic relationships - The role for operations managers

International Journal of Operations and Production Management

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 564-590

  Johnston, Robert ^a   Staughton, Roy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b SHAPE International Limited   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Operations management; Strategic alliances; Strategic management; Supply chain management

Indexed keywords

EID: 67650553111     PISSN: 01443577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01443570910957564     Document Type: Article

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