Go configure: The mix of purchasing practices to choose for your supply base

California Management Review

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 72-96

  Lindgreen, Adam ^a   Vanhamme, Joëlle ^b   Van Raaij, Erik M ^c   Johnston, Wesley J ^d  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b EDHEC BUSINESS SCHOOL   (France)

^c ERASMUS UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Purchasing; Strategic management; Suppliers

Indexed keywords

EID: 84883223136     PISSN: 00081256     EISSN: 21628564     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/cmr.2013.55.2.72     Document Type: Article

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