Getting the reader to "I Get it!": Clarification, differentiation and illustration

Journal of Supply Chain Management

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 22-28

  Skilton, Paul F ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Grounded theory; Influence; Theory development

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953185027     PISSN: 15232409     EISSN: 1745493X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-493X.2011.03222.x     Document Type: Article

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