Guanxi practice and Chinese buyer-supplier relationships: The buyer's perspective

Industrial Marketing Management

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 569-580

  Chen, Zhengyi ^a   Huang, Ying ^b   Sternquist, Brenda ^c  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Buyer supplier relationships; China; Guanxi; Guanxi practice; Retailer

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955475898     PISSN: 00198501     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.indmarman.2010.12.013     Document Type: Article

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