The influence of power in supply chain innovation: A case study of the Dutch wheat chain

Journal on Chain and Network Science

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 77-85

  Pol, Hanneke ^a   Visscher, Klaasjan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Power; Resource dependence theory; Supply chain innovation; Wheat supply chain

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952648274     PISSN: 15691829     EISSN: 22244662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3920/JCNS2010.x106     Document Type: Article

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