Balancing the additional costs of purchasing and the vendor set dimension to reduce public procurement costs

Journal of Purchasing and Supply Management

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 189-198

  Costantino, Nicola ^a   Dotoli, Mariagrazia ^a   Falagario, Marco ^a   Sciancalepore, Fabio ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Additional costs of purchasing; Public procurement; Supplier selection; Tendering costs

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870475495     PISSN: 14784092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pursup.2012.08.001     Document Type: Article

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