Purpose: The purpose of this study is to develop and empirically test a model investigating the relationship between conflict with private label (PL) suppliers and retailers’ PL performance. The study also examines differences in the relationship based on two PL types, namely, price-oriented...

Purpose: This study aims to clarify how companies should manage exploration and exploitation in the long term, and particularly whether companies should dynamically change their resource allocation related to exploration and exploitation activities. Design/methodology/approach: To demonstrate...

Purpose: This paper aims to examine empirically whether and under what organisational design conditions retailers can benefit from private label (PL) merchandising improvement. Design/methodology/approach: The study tests hypotheses using a structural equation model and data obtained from...

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to develop and empirically test a model investigating the relationship among inter-departmental communication, buyer innovativeness, and retail competitiveness. The authors also explore whether a retail strategy of supply base diversification for managing...

Purpose The purpose of this study is to investigate the negative impact of horizontal conflict on vertical conflict in a triadic configuration, which is based on the supposition that buyers who experience horizontal conflict due to competition with other buyers are motivated to limit vertical...