How SMEs can benefit from supply chain partnerships

International Journal of Production Research

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 1527-1543

  Rezaei, Jafar ^a   Ortt, Roland ^a   Trott, Paul ^b  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

high tech; SMEs; supply chain management (SCM); supply chain partnership

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRODUCTION ENGINEERING;

BUSINESS FUNCTIONS; FIRM PERFORMANCE; HIGH TECH; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISE; SMES; SPECIFIC INFORMATION; SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENTS (SCM);

SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84922015041     PISSN: 00207543     EISSN: 1366588X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207543.2014.952793     Document Type: Article

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