Aggregated construction supply chains: Success factors in implementation of strategic partnerships

Supply Chain Management

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 404-411

  Lönngren, Hans Martin ^a   Rosenkranz, Christoph ^b   Kolbe, Harald ^b  

^a MÜNSTER UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Germany)

^b GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Communication technologies; Construction industry; Partnership; Strategic alliances; Supply chain management

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956080588     PISSN: 13598546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13598541011068297     Document Type: Article

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