Supply chain sustainability: a relationship management approach

International Journal of Managing Projects in Business

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 480-497

  Ki Fiona Cheung, Yan ^a   Rowlinson, Steve ^b  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Organizational culture; Organizational structures; Supply chain management

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859919486     PISSN: 17538378     EISSN: 17538386     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17538371111144184     Document Type: Article

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