Governance mechanisms in domestic and international buyer-supplier relationships: An empirical study

Industrial Marketing Management

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 544-556

  Burkert, Michael ^a   Ivens, Björn Sven ^b   Shan, Jialu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BAMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Commitment; Governance mechanisms; Internationality; Value claiming norms; Value creating norms

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859442909     PISSN: 00198501     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.indmarman.2011.06.019     Document Type: Article

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