Understanding supplier structural embeddedness: A social network perspective

Journal of Operations Management

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 219-231

  Kim, Dong Young ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Relational embeddedness; Social network theory; Structural embeddedness

Indexed keywords

CIRCUIT THEORY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORKS; EMBEDDEDNESS; FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE; HIERARCHICAL REGRESSION ANALYSIS; OPERATIONAL PERFORMANCE; RELATIONAL EMBEDDEDNESS; STRUCTURAL CONFIGURATIONS; STRUCTURAL DIMENSIONS;

INDUSTRY;

EID: 84899799365     PISSN: 02726963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jom.2014.03.005     Document Type: Article

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