Who's Seeking Whom? Coalition Behavior of a Weaker Player in Buyer-Supplier Relationships

Journal of Supply Chain Management

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 8-28

  Bastl, Marko ^a   Johnson, Mark ^a   Choi, Thomas Y ^b  

^a CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coalition; Coalition theory; Power; Supply networks; Triads

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872697952     PISSN: 15232409     EISSN: 1745493X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-493x.2012.03274.x     Document Type: Article

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