Supply chain management in SMEs: Development of constructs and propositions

Asia Pacific Journal of Marketing and Logistics

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 97-131

  Thakkar, Jitesh ^a   Kanda, Arun ^b   Deshmukh, S G ^b  

^a Mechanical Engineering Department   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

Large enterprises; Small to medium sized enterprises; Supply chain management

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986165668     PISSN: 13555855     EISSN: 17584248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13555850810844896     Document Type: Review

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