How do supplier development programs affect suppliers?: Insights for suppliers, buyers and governments from an empirical study in Mexico

Business Process Management Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 680-707

  Arroyo López, Pilar ^a   Holmen, Elsebeth ^b   de Boer, Luitzen ^b  

^a SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING AND SCIENCES   (Mexico)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Absorptive capacity; Automotive industry; Development; Knowledge transfer; Knowledge transfer activities; Mexico; Supplier development programs; Supplier relations; Suppliers

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864147855     PISSN: 14637154     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14637151211253792     Document Type: Article

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