Determining quality of business-to-business relationships: A study of Indian IT-enabled service providers

European Management Journal

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 11-24

  Lahiri, Somnath ^a   Kedia, Ben L ^b  

^a ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Global sourcing; India; IT enabled services; Providers; Relationship quality

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649831536     PISSN: 02632373     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.emj.2010.08.003     Document Type: Article

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