Purpose – The purpose of this study is to examine how four large organisations have approached the implementation of new eBusiness mechanisms: namely online order processing, eProcurement, reverse auctions, and a private exchange. The objectives are to establish whether supply chain...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to report on research undertaken within a European‐based airline services firm. As a result of pressures within the airline industry the firm embarked on a cost reduction programme, recognising the need to achieve more synergy from its procurement...

Purpose – Although e‐procurement has been adopted in many industries, the business case for this technology has only partially been explored in the literature. This paper aims to investigate, through a case study approach, the extent of the business case developed for e‐procurement...

Purpose – Since the privatization of UK utilities, few studies have examined supply chain management (SCM) in the sector. This paper aims to investigate the state of development of the SCM concept and the role of the emerging internet‐based electronic marketplaces in supporting this....

Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to highlight the limitations of currentaccounting practices in an inter-organisational context; introduce contemporarycosting approaches used in inter-organisational costing (IOC) programmes; andidentify the inhibitors of successful implementation of IOC...

[eng] Price of farmland in England and Wales rose ninefold between 1955 and 1975 and well over tenfold between 1955 and the peak value £1,450 par hectare reached in 1974. Anyone buying land at any time from 1945 onwards and holding it for five years would never have failed to make a gain. . It...