A systematic assessment of supplier selection literature – State-of-the-art and future scope

International Journal of Production Economics

Volumn 182, Issue , 2016, Pages 304-323

  Wetzstein, Anton ^a   Hartmann, Evi ^a   Benton, W C ^b   Hohenstein, Nils Ole ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Framework; Methods; Strategic Supplier Selection; Supply management; Systematic literature review; Vendor selection

Indexed keywords

FRAMEWORK; METHOD; STATE OF THE ART; STRATEGIC SUPPLIER SELECTION; STRATEGIC SUPPLIERS; SUPPLIER SELECTION; SUPPLY MANAGEMENT; SYSTEMATIC ASSESSMENT; SYSTEMATIC LITERATURE REVIEW; VENDOR SELECTION;

EID: 84987974309     PISSN: 09255273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpe.2016.06.022     Document Type: Review

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