Utilisation of interpretive structural modelling method in the analysis of interrelationship of vendor performance factors

International Journal of Business Performance Management

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 260-275

  Lin, Ya Ti ^a   Lin, Chia Li ^b   Yu, Hsiao Cheng ^a   Tzeng, Gwo Hshiung ^c  

^a NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b Taiwan Hospitalty and Tourism College   (Taiwan)

^c KAINAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Interpretive structural modelling; ISM; Outsourcing; Wafer testing

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955386745     PISSN: 13684892     EISSN: 17415039     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJBPM.2011.039890     Document Type: Article

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