Supplier transparency: scale development and validation

International Journal of Logistics Management

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2018, Pages 959-984

  Morgan, Tyler R ^a   Richey, Robert Glenn ^a   Ellinger, Alexander E ^b  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Information technology; Product provenance; Scale development; Survey; Traceability; Transparency; Visibility

Indexed keywords

EID: 85042347905     PISSN: 09574093     EISSN: 17586550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/ijlm-01-2017-0018     Document Type: Article

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