Lock-in situations in supply chains: A social exchange theoretic study of sourcing arrangements in buyer-supplier relationships

Journal of Operations Management

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 374-389

  Narasimhan, Ram ^a   Nair, Anand ^b   Griffith, David A ^a   Arlbjørn, Jan Stentoft ^d   Bendoly, Elliot ^c  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Behavioral experiment; Dependence; Economic modeling; Justice; Power; Social exchange theory; Supply chain management

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL EXPERIMENT; DEPENDENCE; ECONOMIC MODELING; JUSTICE; POWER; SOCIAL EXCHANGE THEORY;

ECONOMICS; EXPERIMENTS; GAME THEORY; SALES; SUPPLY CHAINS;

SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT;

EID: 68749109538     PISSN: 02726963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jom.2008.10.004     Document Type: Article

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