Creating multi-vendor solutions: The resources and capabilities required

Journal of Business and Industrial Marketing

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 132-142

  Raddats, Chris Owen ^a   Burton, Jamie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL MANAGEMENT SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Capability; Impartiality; Manufacturing; Resources; Services; Solution

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894341098     PISSN: 08858624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/JBIM-04-2012-0061     Document Type: Article

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