Supplier development: Communication approaches, activities and goals

International Journal of Production Research

Volumn 47, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 3161-3177

  Wagner, Stephan M ^a   Krause, Daniel R ^b  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Buyer supplier relationships; Communication; Human resource issues; Moderated multiple regression; Supplier development; Survey

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION; COMPETITION; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; SALES; SURVEYING;

BUYER SUPPLIER RELATIONSHIP; COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE; KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER; MULTIPLE REGRESSIONS; OPERATIONS MANAGERS; RELATIONSHIP WITH SUPPLIERS; SUPPLIER DEVELOPMENT; SUPPLIER PERFORMANCE;

PERSONNEL TRAINING;

EID: 70449642683     PISSN: 00207543     EISSN: 1366588X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207540701740074     Document Type: Article

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