The nature and effectiveness of collaboration between firms, their customers and suppliers: A supply chain perspective

Supply Chain Management

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 189-200

  Singh, Prakash J ^a   Power, Damien ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Manufacturing systems; Structural design; Supply chain management

Indexed keywords

EID: 69549126685     PISSN: 13598546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13598540910954539     Document Type: Article

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