Development of a decision support tool for supply chain coordination using contracts

Journal of Advances in Management Research

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 20-41

  Arshinder, ^a   Kanda, Arun ^b   Deshmukh, S G ^c  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

^c ABV INDIAN INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT   (India)

Author keywords

Contracts; Decision support systems; Performance measures; Supply chain management

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861893068     PISSN: 09727981     EISSN: 20493207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09727980810949115     Document Type: Article

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