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Article: Buyer-supplier relationships: derived value over two decades.
- Article from:
- Journal of Supply Chain Management
- Article date:
- March 22, 2008
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INTRODUCTION
Over the past two decades we have witnessed a surge in the number of academic publications investigating the buyer-supplier relationship, as well as the bifurcation of purchasing and supply chain management as independent streams of research. This increased interest in buyer-supplier relationships is not only apparent in the volume of publications but also in the scope of interest, with scholars in disparate academic fields studying various aspects of the buyer-supplier relationship. In response to the perceived need for a careful consideration of the changes that have taken place, we reviewed this body of literature and analyzed its evolution over ...