Knowledge acquisition in supply chain partnerships: The role of power

International Journal of Production Economics

Volumn 141, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 605-618

  He, Qile ^a   Ghobadian, Abby ^b   Gallear, David ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BEDFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^c BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Knowledge acquisition; Power; Supply chain partnership; Supply chain performance

Indexed keywords

COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; INDEPENDENT VARIABLES; KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER; POWER; SUPPLY CHAIN ACTORS; SUPPLY CHAIN PARTNERS; SUPPLY CHAIN PERFORMANCE;

COMPETITION; KNOWLEDGE ACQUISITION; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT;

SUPPLY CHAINS;

EID: 84871721747     PISSN: 09255273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpe.2012.09.019     Document Type: Article

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