In search of loyalty: An analysis of the determinants of buyer-supplier relationship stability under a quality management approach

Total Quality Management and Business Excellence

Volumn 23, Issue 5-6, 2012, Pages 703-717

  Perez Arostegui, Maria N ^a   Benitez Amado, Jose ^a   Huertas Perez, Jose Fernando ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

buyer supplier relationships; quality assurance; quality management; supplier management

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863520286     PISSN: 14783363     EISSN: 14783371     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14783363.2012.669999     Document Type: Article

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