Reexamining the direct and interactive effects of governance mechanisms upon buyer-supplier cooperative performance

Industrial Marketing Management

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 704-716

  Huang, Ming Chang ^a   Cheng, Hsiang Lin ^b   Tseng, Chun Yen ^a  

^a PROVIDENCE UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHUNG CHENG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Buyer seller relationship; Formal control; Social control; Supply chain governance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84901636666     PISSN: 00198501     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.indmarman.2014.02.001     Document Type: Article

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