As pharmaceutical firms try to market their products and reduce costs, vertically integrated structures hamper innovation processes. Yet, pharmaceutical firms must innovate to compete. Outsourcing knowledge intensive activities to knowledge process organizations (KPOs) serves to reduce...

This paper describes the impact of external environmental forces on cartel networks. Using a case research approach, this report examines two leading business networks within one industry, over time. The results suggest that (a) bargaining power of intermediaries increases with the advent of new...

Little research exists regarding the diffusionof processes associated with business-to-business (B2B) e-markets.Thispaper examines the mapping of participant behavior in the distribution processconnected to B2B e-markets.Background information regarding the behaviorsof startup B2B ventures is...