Purchasing strategies in supply relationships

Journal of Business and Industrial Marketing

Volumn 24, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 173-181

  Svahn, Senja ^a   Westerlund, Mika ^b  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^b HELSINKI SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Finland)

Author keywords

Buyer supplier relationship; Purchasing; Supply chain management

Indexed keywords

EID: 69549136965     PISSN: 08858624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/08858620910939723     Document Type: Article

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