The decision of the supply chain executive to support or impede supply chain integration: A multidisciplinary behavioral agency perspective

Decision Sciences

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 635-665

  Villena, Verónica H ^a   Gomez Mejia, Luis R ^b   Revilla, Elena ^a  

^a IE BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Spain)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

And supply chain integration; Behavioral agency model; Decision making; Executive risk taking; Multidisciplinar research; Performance; Risk bearing; Supply chain executive

Indexed keywords

EID: 72449209246     PISSN: 00117315     EISSN: 15405915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-5915.2009.00245.x     Document Type: Article

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