Evaluating buyer-supplier relationship-performance spirals: A longitudinal study

Journal of Operations Management

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 87-100

  Autry, Chad W ^a   Golicic, Susan L ^b  

^a OKLAHOMA CITY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Ecosystem Science and Sustainability   (United States)

Author keywords

Buyer supplier relationships; Longitudinal study; Relationship performance; Relationship spirals; Seemingly unrelated regression

Indexed keywords

BUYER-SUPPLIER RELATIONSHIPS; CAUSAL ORDERING; DYADIC RELATIONSHIP; FIRM PERFORMANCE; INTER-ORGANIZATIONAL RELATIONSHIPS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MULTIPLE-ASSOCIATION; PERFORMANCE GAIN; RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT; RESEARCH STUDIES; SEEMINGLY UNRELATED REGRESSION; SPIRAL MODELS; TIME PERIODS;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT; SUPPLY CHAINS;

SALES;

EID: 75949108653     PISSN: 02726963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jom.2009.07.003     Document Type: Article

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