...Corrado Cerruti; Carlos Mena; Heather Skipworth; Ernesto Tavoletti Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate high-involvement and short-term supply relationships, known as agile supply partnerships (ASPs), and explores the conditions that support the development of such inter...

... ERBV Multiple case studies Buyer‐seller relationships Supply chain management Partnership China In 2010, foreign direct investment in China rose to a record $105.7 billion, underscoring international confidence that rising incomes would boost demand in the world's fastest‐growing economy...

... into a conceptual model of drivers of close supply chain collaboration. Sander de Leeuw can be contacted at: sleeuw@feweb.vu.nl © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2009 Partnership Supply chain management Channel relationships Based on the above, we specify three market‐related propositions...

... a robust model that will aid decision makers and agile virtual enterprise brokers form partnerships within these organizational structures. Research limitations/implications The paper introduces a conceptual model with an illustrative validating example. A practical application and reapplication...

... are to: Supply chain management Risk management Partnership Performance measures This formulation provides the basis for the present paper's SCRM framework (Figure 1), indicating that these variables not only influence risk (systematic and unsystematic) but also potential performance. Each...

..., p. 5) argue that “strategic partnerships between suppliers and manufacturers may have a significant impact on SC performance.” In the preface to his book on “collaborative manufacturing”, McClellan (2003) refers to SC collaboration as “a win/win arrangement that is likely to provide improved...

... outsourcing's discipline to internal suppliers, often having them compete with external suppliers. Any outsourcing example can be positioned on a spectrum ranging from out‐tasking to partnership. Out‐tasking connotes work being done outside the organization, but the organization retaining full...