Purchase offering quality: The effects of buyer behaviour on organizational supplying behaviour

International Journal of Operations and Production Management

Volumn 33, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1260-1282

  Ramsay, John ^a   Wagner, Beverly ^b   Kelly, Stephen ^a  

^a STAFFORDSHIRE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Purchase offering quality; Satisfaction; Supplier value

Indexed keywords

EID: 84884696924     PISSN: 01443577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/IJOPM-09-2011-0325     Document Type: Article

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