Monitoring in service triads consisting of buyers, subcontractors and end customers

Journal of Purchasing and Supply Management

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 198-206

  Van der Valk, Wendy ^a   Van Iwaarden, Jos ^b  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Agency theory; Business services; Monitoring; Service triads; Social contracts

Indexed keywords

EID: 79961007981     PISSN: 14784092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pursup.2011.05.002     Document Type: Article

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