Supply chain management is an effective strategy of building competitive advantages. It attracts attention of the researchers who try to explain the nature of this concept, to find the determinants of its evolution and to examine the perspectives of its development. One of these perspectives is...

The objective of this research is to test multifaceted measurement of the innovation activities of companies based on “Innovation Radar†methodology. The authors conducted both qualitative and quantitative studies: first, the methodology was assessed during fifteen in-depth interviews...

The paper examines the preconditions of developing a coordination mechanism for the relationship management process with partners on industrial markets. It contains indepth analysis of its structure, main characteristics and tools. Coordination mechanisms for the relationship management process...

The aim of the paper is to contribute to the understanding on the level of strategic maturity of Russian companies in the sphere of supply chain management. We present the results of an empirical study conducted on the base of a sample of 208 Russian companies from different industries, describe...

This working paper analyzed existing approaches to understanding firm's relationships strategy and interaction coordination mechanism. We present main features of relationships and interaction in Russian market and propose key assumptions on adaptation of existing research models and approaches...

The case is dedicated to the analysis of the industrial company’s strategy in managing relationships, and, first of all, relationships with clients. The problem situation assumes taking a decision on future interaction with customers. Detailed analysis of the process of managing...

The research provides a comprehensive review of research on outsourcing from a variety of research domains and traditions. The received perspective on explaining outsourcing of transaction cost economics is supplemented fi rst with the resource-based view of the fi rm and second with the...

The research examines whether centralized supply chain decisionmaking within the firm plays a role in how the firm transforms investments in process research and development (R&D) into financial performance. This transformation includes the process investment - financial performance chain, which...

The paper researches basis one of the most dynamically developing concepts during past decade - the concept of supply chain management (SCM). It contains developing of the concept during past 20-25 years, preconditions of its developing. Developing of the SCM in context of evolution of the...

This case presents the situation faced by one of the largest companies of timber industry in Europe and in Russia at the beginning of 2002 when the company had to select the most promising product by analyzing the markets attractiveness, level of competition, company's market position, product...