ACTION RESEARCH IN SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT—A FRAMEWORK FOR RELEVANT AND RIGOROUS RESEARCH

Journal of Business Logistics

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 331-355

  Näslund, Dag ^a,b   Kale, Rahul ^b   Paulraj, Antony ^b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Action research; Research methodology; Supply chain management

Indexed keywords

EID: 84055221229     PISSN: 07353766     EISSN: 21581592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.2158-1592.2010.tb00155.x     Document Type: Article

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