Improving supplier's situation through supplier cooperation: The case of Xintang jeans town

International Journal of Production Economics

Volumn 139, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 431-437

  Jiang, Bin ^a   Talluri, Srinivas ^b   Yao, Tao ^c  

^a DEPAUL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

Author keywords

International operations; Labor conditions; Mathematical models; Supplier cooperation

Indexed keywords

CRITICAL DIMENSION; ETHICAL ISSUES; IMPACT PERFORMANCE; INTERNATIONAL OPERATIONS; LABOR CONDITIONS; LOCAL SUPPLIERS; MANUFACTURING BASE; OPERATIONS STRATEGIES; SUPPLIER COOPERATION; WORKING CONDITIONS;

MANUFACTURE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SUPPLY CHAINS; TEXTILE INDUSTRY;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES;

EID: 84864747696     PISSN: 09255273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpe.2011.03.010     Document Type: Article

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