A transaction costs approach to purchasing portfolio management

International Journal of Operations and Production Management

Volumn 32, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1015-1042

  Luzzini, Davide ^a   Caniato, Federico ^a   Ronchi, Stefano ^a   Spina, Gianluca ^a  

^a Politecnico di Milano   (Italy)

Author keywords

Competitive strategy; Portfolio management; Purchasing; Purchasing category; Purchasing strategy; Transaction cost economics; Transaction costs

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865130193     PISSN: 01443577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01443571211265684     Document Type: Article

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