Does implementing social supplier development practices pay off?

Supply Chain Management

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 389-403

  Sancha, Cristina ^a   Gimenez, Cristina ^a   Sierra, Vicenta ^a   Kazeminia, Ali ^a  

^a ESADE BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Spain)

Author keywords

Buying firm s performance; Social supplier development practices; Suppliers performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84930247744     PISSN: 13598546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/SCM-07-2014-0239     Document Type: Article

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