Supply flexibility strategies in Spanish firms: Results from a survey

International Journal of Production Economics

Volumn 124, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 214-224

  Tachizawa, Elcio M ^a   Gimenez, Cristina ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION   (Spain)

^b ESADE BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Spain)

Author keywords

Empirical; Purchasing; Sourcing; Spain; Survey

Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVE; EMPIRICAL; SOURCING PRACTICES; SOURCING STRATEGIES;

SURVEYS;

SALES;

EID: 74449093347     PISSN: 09255273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpe.2009.11.020     Document Type: Article

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