The unexpected impact of information sharing on US pharmaceutical supply chains

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Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 354-364

  Schwarz, Leroy B ^a   Zhao, Hui ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Health care; Information sharing; Inventory management; Pharmaceutical industry; Supply chain management

Indexed keywords

EID: 80051978013     PISSN: 00922102     EISSN: 1526551X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/inte.1110.0571     Document Type: Article

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