Impact of culture on supplier selection decision making

International Journal of Logistics Management

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 353-374

  Carter, Joseph R ^a   Maltz, Arnold ^a   Maltz, Elliot ^b   Goh, Mark ^c   Yan, Tingting ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WILLAMETTE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Culture; Decision making; Globalization; Procurement; Supplier evaluation

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953846161     PISSN: 09574093     EISSN: 17586550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09574091011089790     Document Type: Article

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