Reexamining supply chain integration and the supplier's performance relationships under uncertainty

Supply Chain Management

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 64-78

  Huang, Ming Chang ^a   Yen, Ghi Feng ^b   Liu, Tzu Chuan ^b  

^a PROVIDENCE UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHUNG YUAN CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Environmental uncertainty; Supplier's performance; Supply chain integration

Indexed keywords

EID: 84892381852     PISSN: 13598546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/SCM-04-2013-0114     Document Type: Article

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