Drivers and Performance Outcomes of Supplier Innovation Generation in Customer-Supplier Relationships: The Role of Power-Dependence

Decision Sciences

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1003-1038

  Jean, Ruey Jer Bryan ^a   Kim, Daekwan ^b   Sinkovics, Rudolf R ^c  

^a NATIONAL CHENGCHI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dependence; Innovation; Power; Supplier; Supply Chain

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870767813     PISSN: 00117315     EISSN: 15405915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-5915.2012.00380.x     Document Type: Article

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