Supplier innovativeness and supplier pricing: The role of preferred customer status

International Journal of Innovation Management

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-27

  Schiele, Holger ^a   Veldman, Jasper ^a   Hüttinger, Lisa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

customer attractiveness; early supplier integration; Open innovation; preferred customer; pricing; supplier innovativeness

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952064505     PISSN: 13639196     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S1363919611003064     Document Type: Article

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