Striving for network power: The perspective of solution integrators and suppliers

Journal of Purchasing and Supply Management

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 9-24

  Finne, Max ^a,b   Turunen, Taija ^a   Eloranta, Ville ^a  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Case study; Power source; Solution network; Solution provision

Indexed keywords

EID: 84921504089     PISSN: 14784092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pursup.2014.08.001     Document Type: Article

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