A manufacturer moving upstream: Triadic collaboration for service delivery

Supply Chain Management

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 21-33

  Finne, Max ^a   Holmström, Jan ^a  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Industrial services; Manufacturing industries; Service supply chains; Supply chain management; Triads

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872909201     PISSN: 13598546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13598541311293159     Document Type: Article

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