Relationship and quality management in the Chinese pork supply chain

International Journal of Production Economics

Volumn 134, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 312-321

  Han, Jiqin ^a,b   Trienekens, Jacques H ^b   Omta, S W F ^b  

^a NANJING AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Governance structure; Pork processing industry in china; Quality management practices; Relational governance; Transaction attribute

Indexed keywords

GOVERNANCE STRUCTURES; PROCESSING INDUSTRY; QUALITY MANAGEMENT PRACTICES; RELATIONAL GOVERNANCE; TRANSACTION ATTRIBUTE;

MEATS; QUALITY CONTROL; QUALITY MANAGEMENT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SUPPLY CHAINS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT;

EID: 80052411074     PISSN: 09255273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpe.2009.11.005     Document Type: Article

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