Opposites attract: Organisational culture and supply chain performance

Supply Chain Management

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 86-103

  Cadden, Trevor ^a   Marshall, Donna ^b   Cao, Guangming ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BEDFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Buyer supplier relationships; Organizational culture; Supply chain; Supply chain management; Supply chain performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872944097     PISSN: 13598546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13598541311293203     Document Type: Article

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