issue of member states is discussed. This security concerns gas market, where suppliers'contracts and relations have been …, diversification of suppliers, negociation of contracts with different durations. Actors of energy markets have to manage the security … in peak electricity generation and relations with gas suppliers outside the EU. …

This paper proposes and empirically investigates two strategies that companies can employ to involve indirect suppliers … are likely to "tie the hands of the suppliers". Managers are advised to explicitly delegate decisions to suppliers, for … example, by issuing parts approval lists and encouraging communication and problem solving amongst suppliers, and to exercise …

the concept of brand? And if so, how do copyright and trademark institutions work together to stimulate and promote … allow the appropriation of a meaningful good also confer a brand on it, identifying its sources. This leads to mixed …

The research proposes a methodology allowing both the construction of a brand personality scale and the test of the … ability of the scale to predict brand choice. A brand personality scale is developed and tested via exploratory and … confirmatory analyses. A brand personality structure composed of 12 facets is uncovered and allows clearly differentiating brands …