Top managers’ managerial ties, supply chain integration, and firm performance in China: A social capital perspective

Industrial Marketing Management

Volumn 74, Issue , 2018, Pages 205-214

  Chen, Meng ^a   Liu, Hefu ^a   Wei, Shaobo ^a   Gu, Jibao ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

China; Market turbulence; Social capital theory; Supply chain integration; Top managers managerial ties

Indexed keywords

EID: 85046142197     PISSN: 00198501     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.indmarman.2018.04.013     Document Type: Article

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