Supply risk management via guanxi in the Chinese business context: The buyers perspective

International Journal of Production Economics

Volumn 139, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 3-13

  Cheng, T C E ^a   Yip, F K ^a   Yeung, A C L ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Chinese business; Guanxi; Supply risk

Indexed keywords

SALES; SOCIAL ASPECTS; SURVEYS;

BUSINESS ENVIRONMENTS; GUANXI; INFORMATION CHANNELS; RISK MANAGEMENT PROCESS; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING; SUPPLIER PERFORMANCE; SUPPLY RISK; SUPPLY-RISK MANAGEMENTS;

RISK MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84861821277     PISSN: 09255273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpe.2011.03.017     Document Type: Article

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