Enhancement of product development capabilities of OEM suppliers: Inter- and intra-organisational learning

Journal of Business and Industrial Marketing

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 147-158

  Huang, Yen Tsung ^a   Chu, Wenyi ^b  

^a TUNGHAI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Buyer seller relationships; Learning organizations; Product development

Indexed keywords

EID: 75649139493     PISSN: 08858624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/08858621011017769     Document Type: Article

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