Managing supplier relationships in a new product development context

Journal of Purchasing and Supply Management

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 192-203

  Sjoerdsma, Maarten ^a   van Weele, Arjan J ^b  

^a PHILIPS RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (Netherlands)

^b EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Early supplier involvement; Inter organizational relationship; New product development; Supplier relationship management

Indexed keywords

EID: 84937973926     PISSN: 14784092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pursup.2015.05.002     Document Type: Article

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