Peeking inside the black box: Toward an understanding of supply chain collaboration dynamics

Journal of Supply Chain Management

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 44-72

  Fawcett, Stanley E ^a   Fawcett, Amydee M ^b   Watson, Bradlee J ^c   Magnan, Gregory M ^d  

^a GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^c Arlington Hills Care and Rehabilitation ^*  (United States)

^d SEATTLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral supply management; Case studies; Human judgment and decision making; Qualitative data analysis; Strategy development; Structured interviewing; Supply chain management

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856237723     PISSN: 15232409     EISSN: 1745493X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-493X.2011.03241.x     Document Type: Article

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