Lateral transshipments: An institutional theory perspective

International Journal of Physical Distribution and Logistics Management

Volumn 43, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 747-767

  Stanger, Sebastian H W ^a   Wilding, Richard ^b   Hartmann, Evi ^a   Yates, Nicola ^b   Cotton, Sue ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c NHS BLOOD AND TRANSPLANT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blood; Case study; Horizontal collaboration; Institutional theory; Inventory pooling; Stock sharing; Supply chain management

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886036586     PISSN: 09600035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/IJPDLM-09-2011-0155     Document Type: Article

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