The effects of supplier-to-buyer identification on operational performance - An empirical investigation of inter-organizational identification in automotive relationships

Journal of Operations Management

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 549-560

  Corsten, Daniel ^a   Gruen, Thomas ^b   Peyinghaus, Marion ^c  

^a IE BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c Pom+International   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Automotive; Buyer supplier relationships; Empirical research; Information exchange; Operational performance; Operations strategy; Relation specific investments; Social identity theory; Survey; Trust

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOTIVE; BUYER-SUPPLIER RELATIONSHIPS; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; INFORMATION EXCHANGE; OPERATIONAL PERFORMANCE; OPERATIONS STRATEGY; RELATION-SPECIFIC INVESTMENTS; SOCIAL IDENTITY THEORIES; TRUST;

AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY; COMPETITION; INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INVESTMENTS; SURVEYS;

SALES;

EID: 79957446156     PISSN: 02726963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jom.2010.10.002     Document Type: Article

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