Negative consequences of deep relationships with suppliers: An exploratory study in Poland

Industrial Marketing Management

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 886-894

  Mitrega, Maciej ^a   Zolkiewski, Judy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS IN KATOWICE   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dark side; Deep supplier relationships; Exploratory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865990352     PISSN: 00198501     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.indmarman.2011.09.023     Document Type: Article

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