Supply relational risk: What role does guanxi play?

Journal of Business Logistics

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 259-267

  Jia, Fu ^a   Zsidisin, George A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Buyer supplier relationships; Guanxi; Relational risk; Theory building

Indexed keywords

EID: 85027943195     PISSN: 07353766     EISSN: 21581592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jbl.12050     Document Type: Article

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