How supermarket chains in Taiwan select suppliers of fresh fruit and vegetables via direct purchasing

Service Industries Journal

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1237-1255

  Lin, Pei Chun ^a   Wu, Liang Shan ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Direct purchasing; Fresh fruit and vegetable supplier; Selection criteria; Supermarket retail chain; Supply chain management

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL HIERARCHY PROCESS; COMMODITY MARKET; COMMODITY PRICE; CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; DELPHI ANALYSIS; FOOD SUPPLY; FUZZY MATHEMATICS; RETAILING;

TAIWAN;

EID: 79958003762     PISSN: 02642069     EISSN: 17439507     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02642060903437568     Document Type: Article

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