Evaluating supply chain relationship Quality, Organisational resources, technological innovation and enterprise performance in the Palm oil processing sector in Asia

Journal of Business and Industrial Marketing

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 487-498

  Chong Tan, Yew ^a   Oly Ndubisi, Nelson ^b  

^a Kompleks Islam Putrajaya   (Malaysia)

^b Helsinki Business School   (Finland)

Author keywords

Business performance; Relationship quality; Resource based view (RBV); Resources; Supply chain Relationship; Technological innovation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84926466882     PISSN: 08858624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/JBIM-07-2013-0147     Document Type: Article

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