Supplier alliances: Differences in attitudes to supplier and quality management of adopters and non-adopters

Supply Chain Management

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 279-286

  Kannan, Vijay R ^a   Tan, Keah Choon ^b  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Quality management; Research; Strategic alliances; Supply chain management

Indexed keywords

COSTS; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; MARKETING; PROBLEM SOLVING; PRODUCT DESIGN; QUALITY ASSURANCE; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT; SCHEDULING;

QUALITY MANAGEMENT; STRATEGIC ALLIANCES; SUPPLIER ALLIANCES; SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT;

STRATEGIC PLANNING;

EID: 9444254014     PISSN: 13598546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13598540410550028     Document Type: Article

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