The dynamics of business service exchanges: Insights from logistics outsourcing

Journal of Purchasing and Supply Management

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 171-184

  Selviaridis, Kostas ^a   Spring, Martin ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Business services; Contracts; Governance dynamics; Qualification

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955924680     PISSN: 14784092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pursup.2009.12.007     Document Type: Article

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