Power source and its effect on customer-supplier relationships: An empirical study in Yangtze River Delta

International Journal of Production Economics

Volumn 146, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 118-128

  Shou, Yongyi ^a   Feng, Yi ^b   Zheng, Jingjing ^a   Wang, Guofeng ^b   Yeboah, Nyamah Edmond ^b  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ELECTRONIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

Customer supplier relationship; Power; Resource dependency theory; Yangtze River Delta

Indexed keywords

CUSTOMER-SUPPLIER RELATIONSHIP; INFORMATION CONTROL; OPERATIONS CONTROL; OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT; POWER; RESOURCE DEPENDENCY THEORIES; SUPPLY-CHAIN INTEGRATION; YANGTZE RIVER DELTA;

ECONOMICS; SUPPLY CHAINS;

INDUSTRY;

EID: 84885186053     PISSN: 09255273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpe.2013.03.003     Document Type: Article

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