Connecting industry and supply chain management education: Exploring challenges faced in a SCM consultancy module

Supply Chain Management

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 468-479

  Bak, Ozlem ^a   Boulocher Passet, Véronique ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRIGHTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Consultancy; Economic cooperation; Industry; Supply chain management; Teaching

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879918209     PISSN: 13598546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/SCM-11-2012-0357     Document Type: Article

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