Notions for the successful management of the supply chain: Learning with Carrefour in Spain and Carrefour in China

Supply Chain Management

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 148-154

  Cambra Fierro, Jesús ^a   Ruiz Benítez, Rocío ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD PABLO DE OLAVIDE   (Spain)

Author keywords

China; Distribution; Managers; Process efficiency; Spain; Supply chain management

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952796488     PISSN: 13598546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13598541111115392     Document Type: Article

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