Determinants of informal coordination in networked supply chains

Journal of Enterprise Information Management

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 328-348

  Ogulin, Robert ^a   Selen, Willem ^b   Ashayeri, Jalal ^c  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^c TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Channel relationships; Construct development; Coordination; Informal networking; Structural equation modelling; Supply chain management

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863634940     PISSN: 17410398     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17410391211245829     Document Type: Article

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