A multiple buyer – supplier relationship in the context of SMEs’ digital supply chain managementFootnote^*

* The article was prepared within the framework of the Basic Research Program at the National Research University Higher School of Economics (HSE) and supported within the framework of the subsidy granted to the HSE by the Government of the Russian Federation for the implementation of the Global Competitiveness Program.

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