Buyer Intermediation in Supplier Finance

Tunay I. Tunca
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Tunay I. Tunca
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Robert H. Smith School of Business, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742
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Weiming Zhu
Weiming Zhu
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IESE Business School, University of Navarra, Barcelona 08034
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Tunay I. Tunca

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Tunay I. Tunca

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http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5275-3886

Robert H. Smith School of Business, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742

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Weiming Zhu

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IESE Business School, University of Navarra, Barcelona 08034

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Published Online:2 Nov 2017https://doi.org/10.1287/mnsc.2017.2863

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Received:December 09, 2015
Accepted:May 28, 2017
Published Online:November 02, 2017

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Tunay I. Tunca, Weiming Zhu (2017) Buyer Intermediation in Supplier Finance. Management Science 64(12):5631-5650.

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