Governance mechanisms are viewed as critical to prevent opportunism in horizontal cooperations, as they are more conflicting in nature than vertical cooperations. Although these forms of cooperations become particularly popular under uncertain conditions, they have not yet been analyzed in depth...

The economic crisis has demonstrated that highly integrated supply chains are as strong as their weakest link. Therefore, one of the key topics in supply chain research has recently been how companies integrate externally with customers, to adapt to changing demands, and with suppliers, to...