The importance of key supplier relationship management in supply chains

International Journal of Retail and Distribution Management

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 109-123

  Teller, Christoph ^a   Kotzab, Herbert ^b   Grant, David B ^c   Holweg, Christina ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

^d VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (Austria)

Author keywords

Key supplier; Partial least squares; Relationship management; Supplier management relations; Supply chain management

Indexed keywords

EID: 84975037755     PISSN: 09590552     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/IJRDM-05-2015-0072     Document Type: Article

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