Analysing supply chain integration through a systematic literature review: A normative perspective

Supply Chain Management

Volumn 19, Issue , 2014, Pages 523-557

  Kamal, Muhammad Mustafa ^a   Irani, Zahir ^a  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Developments; Factors; Integration approaches Paper type Literature review; Supply chain integration; Supply chain management; Systematic literature review

Indexed keywords

EID: 84915767815     PISSN: 13598546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/SCM-12-2013-0491     Document Type: Article

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