Transparency of information acquisition in a supply chain

Manufacturing and Service Operations Management

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 412-424

  Li, Tian ^a   Tong, Shilu ^b   Zhang, Hongtao ^b  

^a EAST CHINA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Confidentiality; Market research; Supply chain; Transparency

Indexed keywords

COMMERCE; PROBABILITY; SALES; SUPPLY CHAINS; TRANSPARENCY;

CONFIDENTIALITY; CONTINUOUS DISTRIBUTION; DEMAND INFORMATION; INFORMATION ACQUISITIONS; INFORMATION CONTENTS; MARKET DEMAND; MARKET RESEARCHES; RANDOM DEMAND;

MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS;

EID: 84904621528     PISSN: 15234614     EISSN: 15265498     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/msom.2014.0478     Document Type: Article

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