The dynamic relation between management control and governance structure in a supply chain context

Supply Chain Management

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 466-478

  van Veen Dirks, Paula M G ^a   Verdaasdonk, Peter J A ^b,c  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^c Best   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Control; Distribution management; Ethics; Performance management; Supply chain management

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350335008     PISSN: 13598546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13598540910995237     Document Type: Article

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