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Outsourcing of logistics services has increased rapidly during the last few years. Accordingly, third‐party logistics … third‐party logistics services. A normative framework for organizing these relationships is developed. The strategic view … adopted in this paper fills a gap in the understanding of how third‐party logistics providers should offer their services more …
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Purpose – To provide a critical perspective on the robustness of strategic account management (sometimes called key account management) strategies as an approach to managing relationships with large and very large customers. Design/methodology/approach – The paper is based on exploratory...
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Relationship satisfaction and commitment are two key constructs in the evolving paradigm of relationship marketing in business‐to‐business markets, and a substantial and growing literature exists on their antecedents and consequences, especially within the context of supplier‐retailer...
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Purpose – This study seeks to investigate the benefits that trigger exporters' attitudinal commitment and examines their effects by taking into account the temporal dynamics of cross‐border interfirm relationships. Design/methodology/approach – A qualitative field study led to the...
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In this paper, a server‐based enterprise collaborative management system using enterprise application integration technology is developed for trial implementation at Honeywell Consumer Products (Hong Kong) Limited, in the area of supplier relationship management. The system facilitates...
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This study seeks to explore the impact of e‐marketplaces on dyadic buyer‐supplier relationships in the healthcare sector. In particular it seeks to determine if the “move to the middle” hypothesis put forward by Clemons et al. will be supported in this domain. Case studies of four buying...
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‐supplier relationships. Particularly the inadequate treatment of suppliers and the reduced quality of the communication proved to be the … including strictly equal treatment of all participants and effective communication are key factors for obtaining benefits from e …
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Purpose – The suppliers of fresh fruit and vegetable complain that their buyers in the retail segment of the market used certain undesirable and questionable business practices which are not used by buyers in other segments. These undesirable practices may have negative effects on how the...
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The topic is the construct of interactive vulnerability in buyer‐seller relationships based upon mutual time‐ and relationship‐dependencies. The research is based upon a selection of focal dyads between a vehicle manufacturer and its most important suppliers. The principal contribution is...
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and provider of logistics services (TPL dyads). Design/methodology/approach – Analyzes the preparation, implementation …
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