Theory building in the om/scm field: Pointing to the future by looking at the past

Journal of Supply Chain Management

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 8-11

  Choi, Thomas Y ^a   Wacker, John G ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Conceptual boundaries; Dominant paradigm; Multiple theories; Orthogonal concepts

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953188717     PISSN: 15232409     EISSN: 1745493X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-493X.2011.03219.x     Document Type: Article

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