Cartel detection is usually viewed as a key task of either competition authorities or compliance officials in firms with an elevated risk of cartelization. We argue that customers of hard core cartels can have both incentives and possibilities to detect such agreements on their own initiative...

Fragmentation of production into more and more complex supply chains is a prominent feature of globalisation. It implies that transaction costs as part of total costs of ownership carry a large weight in procurement decisions. An analysis of the various types of transaction costs is also...

Die Implementierung umfassender Kontrollmechanismen und die in gleicher Weise effektive wie effiziente Überwachung von Kontrollen stellt für Unternehmen heute eine gleichermaßen aktuelle wie dringliche Herausforderung dar. Durch den Umfang der heutigen IT-Unterstützung der Geschäftsprozesse...

Cartel detection is usually viewed as a key task of either competition authorities or compliance officials in firms with an elevated risk of cartelization. We argue that customers of hard core cartels can have both incentives and possibilities to detect such agreements on their own initiative...

Fragmentation of production into more and more complex supply chains is a prominent feature of globalisation. It implies that transaction costs as part of total costs of ownership carry a large weight in procurement decisions. An analysis of the various types of transaction costs is also...

Die Implementierung umfassender Kontrollmechanismen und die in gleicher Weise effektive wie effiziente Überwachung von Kontrollen stellt für Unternehmen heute eine gleichermaßen aktuelle wie dringliche Herausforderung dar. Durch den Umfang der heutigen IT-Unterstützung der Geschäftsprozesse...

This study analyzes alliance between Technology Based Firms (TBF) as a strategy to obtain strategic resources. Taking as reference the model from Vohora et al (2004), who determined that the TBFs perform better when they rely on strategic alliances at critical transitions in their stages of...

In the light of recent disruptive events, global supply chains have displayed their vulnerability, which has stressed the importance of procurement in modern practice. This study aims to analyse if the procurement function can be reconsidered as a primary activity in Porter’s (1985) value chain

Fragmentation of production into more and more complex supply chains is a prominent feature of globalization. It implies that transaction costs as part of total costs of ownership carry a large weight in procurement decisions. An analysis of the various types of transaction costs is also...

Bidders in procurement auctions often face avoidable fixed costs. This can make bidding decisions complex and risky, and market outcomes volatile. If bidders deviate from risk neutral best responses, either due to faulty optimization or risk attitudes, then equilibrium predictions can perform...