Effects of managerial ties and trust on supply chain information sharing and supplier opportunism

International Journal of Production Research

Volumn 52, Issue 23, 2014, Pages 7046-7061

  Wang, Zhiqiang ^a   Ye, Fei ^a   Tan, Kim Hua ^b  

^a SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

China; marketing operations interface; supply chain information sharing; supply chain management; trust

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION ANALYSIS; MANAGERS; SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT;

CHINA; CHINESE MANUFACTURERS; INFORMATION SHARING; MANAGEMENT PRACTICES; MARKETING-OPERATIONS INTERFACES; SUPPLY CHAIN INFORMATION SHARING; SUPPLY CHAIN PARTNERS; TRUST;

INFORMATION DISSEMINATION;

EID: 84908573455     PISSN: 00207543     EISSN: 1366588X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207543.2014.932931     Document Type: Article

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