Moving to the Next Level: Why Our Discipline Needs More Multilevel Theorization

Journal of Supply Chain Management

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 94-102

  Carter, Craig R ^a   Meschnig, Gavin ^b   Kaufmann, Lutz ^b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WHU OTTO BEISHEIM SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Multilevel phenomena; Theory building

Indexed keywords

EID: 84942818945     PISSN: 15232409     EISSN: 1745493X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jscm.12083     Document Type: Article

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