Supply chain relationships are increasingly impacted by the use of the Internet and the adoption of logistics technology. In this paper we report the results of a large-scale field study of a diverse group of buyers and their suppliers who have participated in a unique and recently adopted...

The idea of Global Sourcing is surely one of the most popular concepts inthe field of supply management. Unfortunately, many applications ofGlobal Sourcing are limited to a rather operational view focusing on theidentification and utilization of foreign suppliers and thus ignore the...

Es ist keine neue Erkenntnis, dass Supply Chain Management (SCM) im Idealfall für alle Beteiligten vorteilhaft ist. Allerdings verfällt man in vielen Unternehmen in einen unkritischen Aktionismus und konzentriert sich zum Beispiel direkt auf operative IT-Lösungen. Daneben wird of verkannt,...