Formal control and social control in domestic and international buyer-supplier relationships

Journal of Operations Management

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 333-344

  Li, Yuan ^a   Xie, En ^a   Teo, Hock Hai ^b   Peng, Mike W ^c  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Buyer supplier relationships; China; Formal control; Institutionalization; Social control

Indexed keywords

BUYER-SUPPLIER RELATIONSHIPS; CONTROL MECHANISM; FORMAL CONTROLS; SOCIAL CONTROL; SURVEY DATA;

SALES;

EID: 77955231452     PISSN: 02726963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jom.2009.11.008     Document Type: Article

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