Supply chain management consulting: A qualitative empirical study of market segments and dynamics

International Journal of Services and Operations Management

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 97-111

  Wagner, Stephan M ^a   Breiter, Andreas F ^b  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b WHU OTTO BEISHEIM SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Consulting market; Germany; Qualitative empirical study; SCM; SCM consulting; Supply chain management

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952134515     PISSN: 17442370     EISSN: 17442389     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJSOM.2010.033145     Document Type: Article

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