Strategic warning: powerful buyers can seriously damage organizational health

International Journal of Management and Decision Making

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 28-43

  McHugh, Marie ^a   Brotherton, Chris ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^b HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

buyers; decision making; employee involvement; Organizational health; partnerships; strategic management; suppliers

Indexed keywords

EID: 84881904710     PISSN: 14624621     EISSN: 17415187     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJMDM.2000.001211     Document Type: Article

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