Internal integration as a pre-condition for external integration in global sourcing: A social capital perspective

International Journal of Production Economics

Volumn 153, Issue , 2014, Pages 54-65

  Horn, Philipp ^a   Scheffler, Paul ^a   Schiele, Holger ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Global sourcing; Integration; Social capital

Indexed keywords

EID: 84900459286     PISSN: 09255273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpe.2014.03.020     Document Type: Article

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