Supply base availability
Supply Chain1 sample item
About this scale
Scale entry from the Handbook of Management Scales.
Sample item(s)
“There were a lot of qualified and capable suppliers. (0.787)”
Notes
The central value of the Likert scale was 4. However, the mean values of the items are 4.778, 4.984, and 5.071, and thus larger than 4. It might therefore be recommended to use a more explicit wording (e.g. "a very high
Source & citation
Schoenherr/Mabert (2008): The use of bundling in B2B online reverse auctions. Journal of Operations Management, Vol. 26, No. 1, pp. 81-95.
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