This study discussed the influence of technology attributes, trust and dependency on the e-procurement adoption decisions between suppliers and manufacturers in the supply chain relationship. Many factors from a wide range of sources can affect adoption decisions. However, there is no evidence...

[Abstract]: The research reported in this study investigates the initial development of a framework of supplier selection in the context of Taiwanese agribusiness. The importance of this research lies in the fact that although supplier selection has been researched across a range of industries,...

Premiumautomobilmarken wie Alfa Romeo, Audi, BMW, Jaguar, Mercedes-Benz oder Volvo sind seit den Sechziger Jahren sehr aktiv bei der Einführung neuer Produktlinien. Insbesodere in den letzten Jahren sind immer häufiger Eintritte in kleinere Segmente zu verzeichnen (Beispiele: Mercedes-Benz...

A myriad opinions has been propounded to explain how“cyberspace” can be exploited by commercial organisations.For the most part they are speculative, visionary orpromotional. This work seeks to redress the balance byfocusing on the utilisation of the Internet within the UKretail sector and...

Researchers on cluster development have demonstrated that this might be a mechanism to generate linkages between responsible business practices and regional sustainability. Thus, cluster arrangements may be an alternative to scale up corporate responsibility from micro to macro...

In this dissertation, I considered how firm resources, actions and performance may be interrelated. I tested the notion that resources both enable and interact with firm actions to impact performance. Drawing from resource-based and actions-based theory and empirical research, testable...

The impressive and sustained growth of India's automobile industry in recent years has catapulted it into the league of the world's top-seven producers of four-wheelers. In the past decade, its exports have surged more than 25 percent a year on average. The turning point was arguably the 1991...

During the last decade, the advancement in production and management systems has revolutionized the automobile industry. The industry has witnessed the opening up and growth of several emerging markets. The automotive industry is now facing new and pressing challenges. Globalization,...

Driver assistance systems are on the rise and shall prospectively develop to autonomous (also called: self-driving or driverless) cars. Their broad acceptance has not been thoroughly scientifically researched until now. In a previous paper, information and knowledge has been hypothetically...

Ziel der Diplomarbeit ist es, ausgehend von der aktuellen Absatzsituation der deutschen Automobilhersteller im Premiumsegment einen Ausblick auf die Herausforderungen kommender Jahre zu geben und Möglichkeiten aufzuzeigen wie diese gemeistert werden können. Der Schwerpunkt soll dabei die...