An empirical study on the impact of supply chain Practices on competitive position of MNEs in Malaysia

International Journal of Economics and Management

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 369-394

  Sambasivan, Murali ^a   Jacob, George ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Competitive position; Malaysia; MNE; Supply chain management

Indexed keywords

EID: 71649104917     PISSN: 1823836X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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