Exploring agency, knowledge and power in an Australian bulk cereal supply chain: A case study

Supply Chain Management

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 431-444

  Byrne, Romona ^a   Power, Damien ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Agents; Australia; Commodities; Information exchange; Supply chain

Indexed keywords

EID: 84927522838     PISSN: 13598546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/SCM-08-2013-0297     Document Type: Article

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