The role of trading partner relationships in determining innovation performance: An empirical examination

European Journal of Innovation Management

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 178-186

  Prajogo, Daniel I ^a   Power, Damien J ^b   Sohal, Amrik S ^c  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Customer relations; Innovation; Partnership; Supplier relations

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986129950     PISSN: 14601060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14601060410549874     Document Type: Review

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