The bestpractice supplier diversity program at Caterpillar

Supply Chain Management: An International Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 167-170

  Min, Hokey ^a  

^a BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Case studies; Corporate strategy; Critical success factors; Suppliers; Supply chain management

Indexed keywords

EID: 69549124561     PISSN: 13598546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13598540910954502     Document Type: Article

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