The purpose of the paper is to provide a simple model explaining buyer-supplier relationships and show what factors … partners is small. The results may be consistent with the formation of Japanese buyer-supplier relations. … determine the number of trading partners. We show that when the supplier is able to determine the number of trading partners …

In this paper, the authors examine a supply base diversification problem faced by a buyer who periodically holds … shocks to procurement, the buyer can diversify her supply base by selecting suppliers from different regions. The authors … find that the optimal degree of supply base diversification depends on the buyer’s bargaining power, i.e., the buyer …

The purpose of the paper is to provide a simple model explaining buyer-supplier relationships and show what factors … partners is small. The results may be consistent with the formation of Japanese buyer-supplier relations … determine the number of trading partners. We show that when the supplier is able to determine the number of trading partners …

The purpose of the paper is to provide a simple model explaining buyer-supplier relationships and show what factors … partners is small. The results may be consistent with the formation of Japanese buyer-supplier relations. -- buyer ; supplier … determine the number of trading partners. We show that when the supplier is able to determine the number of trading partners …

cost structures depend upon the buyer's bargaining power (opportunity cost). However, the winning supplier's investments … monopolist buyer. Such investments reduce the suppliers' variable costs of serving the buyer's demand. We show that an auction … mechanism does not always benefit the payment-minimizing buyer, the supply chain, or society. We identify scenarios where the …

mechanism consists of two parties, buyer and supplier. Hence, the success of the buyer and supplier relationship is the main … factor to achieve successful outsourcing operations.This research studies the buyer and supplier relationship in each … relationship type in the Saudi Arabian market; market exchange, captive buyer, strategic partnership and captive supplier. The main …

buyer’s social capital and its supply chain relationships with the principal supplier. No such link was found between the … buyer and its most recently chosen supplier. …This study examines the relationship of social capital among buyers and their principal supplier and their most …