Supplier selection under uncertainty: A switching options perspective

Industrial Management and Data Systems

Volumn 109, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 191-205

  Wu, Liang Chuan ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Strategic choices; Suppliers; Supply chain management; Uncertainty management

Indexed keywords

BUYER-SUPPLIER RELATIONSHIPS; DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH; ECONOMIC PERSPECTIVE; ECONOMIC STANDPOINTS; MICROSOFT EXCEL; MODELING AND ANALYSIS; STRATEGIC CHOICES; SUPPLIER SELECTION; SUPPLIER SELECTION PROCESS; SUPPLIERS; SUPPLY CHAIN PARTNERS; SUPPLY CHAIN RELATIONSHIPS; UNCERTAINTY MANAGEMENT;

COMPETITION; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COSTS; MANAGERS; SALES; SPREADSHEETS; SUPPLY CHAINS; SWITCHING;

SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT;

EID: 67650706262     PISSN: 02635577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02635570910930091     Document Type: Article

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