Controls, service type and perceived supplier performance in interfirm service exchanges

Journal of Operations Management

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 423-435

  Stouthuysen, Kristof ^a   Slabbinck, Hendrik ^b   Roodhooft, Filip ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Control; Interfirm service exchanges; Perceived supplier performance; Type of service exchange

Indexed keywords

CONTROL ENGINEERING; INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING; OPERATIONS RESEARCH;

BEHAVIOR CONTROL; INFORMAL CONTROLS; INTERFIRM SERVICE EXCHANGES; PERCEIVED SUPPLIER PERFORMANCE; PROFESSIONAL SERVICES; SUPPLIER PERFORMANCE; THEORY AND PRACTICE; TYPE OF SERVICE EXCHANGES;

PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS;

EID: 84861572257     PISSN: 02726963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jom.2012.01.002     Document Type: Article

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