Sustainability in shipper-logistics service provider relationships: A tentative taxonomy based on agency theory and stimulus-response analysis

Journal of Purchasing and Supply Management

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 218-231

  Kudla, Nicole L ^a   Klaas Wissing, Thorsten ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST GALLEN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Agency theory; Case studies; Incentive mechanisms; Logistics; Stimulus organism response; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870542807     PISSN: 14784092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pursup.2012.04.001     Document Type: Article

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