Perceptions of technology uncertainty and the consequences for performance in buyer-supplier relationships

International Journal of Production Research

Volumn 49, Issue 20, 2011, Pages 6155-6173

  Oosterhuis, Marian ^a   Van Der Vaart, Taco ^a   Molleman, Eric ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

buyer supplier relationships; perceptions; regression; survey; technology uncertainty

Indexed keywords

BUYER-SUPPLIER RELATIONSHIPS; COMMUNICATION FREQUENCY; COMMUNICATION PROCESS; PERCEIVED ENVIRONMENTAL UNCERTAINTY; PERCEPTIONS; REGRESSION; SUPPLIER PERFORMANCE; TECHNOLOGY UNCERTAINTY;

COMMERCE; COMMUNICATION; DATA PROCESSING; SALES; SURVEYS; TECHNOLOGY;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 80052138123     PISSN: 00207543     EISSN: 1366588X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207543.2010.527386     Document Type: Article

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