Knowledge sharing in collaborative supply chains: Twin effects of trust and power

International Journal of Production Research

Volumn 51, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 2060-2076

  Cai, Shun ^a   Goh, Mark ^b,c,d   De Souza, Robert ^c   Li, Gang ^e  

^a XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^e Samsung Economic Research Institute   (China)

Author keywords

collaborative supply chains; power; technical exchange; technology transfer; trust

Indexed keywords

BUYER-SUPPLIER RELATIONSHIPS; KNOWLEDGE-SHARING; MAIL SURVEYS; POWER; RESEARCH MODELS; SINGAPORE; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELLING; TECHNICAL EXCHANGE; TRUST; TWIN EFFECTS;

SUPPLY CHAINS; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER;

KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84873453538     PISSN: 00207543     EISSN: 1366588X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207543.2012.701780     Document Type: Article

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