Towards an empirical typology of buyer-supplier relationships based on absorptive capacity

International Journal of Production Research

Volumn 51, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 2935-2951

  Revilla, Elena ^a   Sáenz, Maria Jesús ^b   Knoppen, Desirée ^c  

^a IE BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Spain)

^b MIT Zaragoza International Logistics Program   (Spain)

^c EADA BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Spain)

Author keywords

Absorptive capacity; Buyer supplier relationships; Learning processes; Performance; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTIVE CAPACITY; BUYER-SUPPLIER RELATIONSHIPS; CONFIRMATORY FACTOR ANALYSIS; FIRM PERFORMANCE; LEARNING PROCESS; OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCIES; PERFORMANCE; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEWS;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMMERCE; FACTOR ANALYSIS; INDUSTRY; REINFORCEMENT;

TAXONOMIES;

EID: 84876330703     PISSN: 00207543     EISSN: 1366588X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207543.2012.748231     Document Type: Article

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