The key supplier relationship management represents a vital organizational process. Companies should pay attention not only to managing customer relationships but also to managing relationships with suppliers in order to perform well. They should identify the extent to which a certain supplier...

It is often hypothesized that contracts and vertical integration are paramount for the future competitiveness of meat supply chains. In this paper we review empirical evidence and theoretical reflections underlying this argumentation. We confront the contract and integration hypothesis with...

Nowadays, the business environment has become more turbulent and more competitive; hence, supplier relationships have become strategic assets for firm survival. Furthermore, this relationship has become an important issue for understanding how firms apply knowledge management capabilities (KMC)...

Strategic buyer–supplier relationships are increasingly viewed in both the scholarly and practitioner literatures as key drivers of sustainable competitive advantage. In particular, relationship specific adaptations – the extent to which exchange members make tangible or intangible...

Globalization is forcing global organizations to focus on processes that will enable them to more effectively and efficiently integrate and coordinate their activities throughout their worldwide organization. As such, global sourcing is becoming a standard practice in many global organizations....

The aim of the paper is to test the impacts of supplier relationship management (SRM) and total quality management (TQM) on environmental performance under the influence of leadership and the moderation effect of institutional pressures (IP). The study investigates these effects using a...

Der Beitrag liefert einen internationalen Vergleich zum Management der Hersteller-Zuliefer-Beziehungen in der Automobilindustrie in Japan, Europa und den USA und analysiert Komponentenstrategien, insbesondere auch für den bisher vernachlässigten Bereich der internen Zulieferer.

This work seeks to contribute to technology transfer case study literature, by exploring the possibilities of an international trade between Mexico and Quebec in dairy industry under an international agreement’s environment. We report this probable exchange on an exploratory study, based on...

Han sido muchos los autores que han lanzado propuestas con el objeto de explicar cómo tiene lugar el proceso de innovación en la empresa. Desde el modelo lineal hasta el denominado modelo en red, cada una de las propuestas ha ido ofreciendo algunas claves para implantar procesos de innovación...