Procuring complex performance: Implications for exchange governance complexity

International Journal of Operations and Production Management

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 221-241

  Roehrich, Jens ^a   Lewis, Mike ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Buyer supplier relationships; Complexity; Contracts; Longitudinal case studies; Procuring complex performance; Trust

Indexed keywords

EID: 84892419684     PISSN: 01443577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/IJOPM-01-2011-0024     Document Type: Article

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