lower cost. This is the case for China’s reforms, especially in agriculture: the land ownership in rural areas— collective … to brutal bloodshed or war in prospect. Therefore, as an option, the change of contract exists as a more common, and …

Abstract During the transition period from a planned economy to a market economy in the 1990s of China, there was a … was limited. A theoretical analysis here found that spot and integration are inferior to the two contract mechanisms in … terms of cost and price: a contract with a rebate on volume and prepayment against an exclusive agent can realize the lowest …

established ones. Relational norms augment and can supersede the early focus on the contract, thus incorporating incremental … contract and relational norms. It develops a valuable research proposition, in the transition from a mainly contractual to a … mainly relational uses of contracts, thus identifying contract as a particular business resource, to be deployed and embedded.  …

acquisition negotiations. Originality/value – The significant value of this study identifies the CSFs for ES contract negotiations …

products. The purpose of this paper is to maximize profit through the contract between retailer and supplier. The optimized … fresh-keeping cost-sharing contract and a fresh-keeping cost- and revenue-sharing contract are designed. Numerical examples … fresh-keeping cost- and revenue-sharing contract; the optimal retail price, wholesale price and fresh-keeping effort can all …

describe and analyze the approach to the legal rules a 3/4PL provider and its client company took in their contract, and … present some remarks on the extent to which these contract solutions are legally sound. Design/methodology/approach – A cross …‐functional (business law and logistics) approach is applied to a single case study. The main data source is a written contract …

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore the relationship between trust and contract in the context of … different combinations of control mechanisms (i.e. trust and contract) with reference to three cases of externalized water … and contract, which can either be substitutes or complements, or eventually erode each other, is contingent upon the …