Technical exchanges
Supply Chain1 sample item
About this scale
Technical exchanges are understood as small-scale exchanges of technical information.
Sample item(s)
“Our engineers and sales staff have a close relationship with our partner’s staff.”
Notes
The authors remarked that a potential issue with the last item is "that it mentions both a practice and an outcome". The unit of analysis remains unclear; e.g., in some items it seems to be the inter-organizational level
Source & citation
Kotabe et al. (2002): Gaining from Vertical Partnerships: Knowledge Transfer, Relationship Duration, and Supplier Performance Improvement in the U.S. and Japanese Automotive Industries. Strategic Management Journal, Vol. 24, No. 4, pp. 293–316
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