... to reflect on the impact of these rankings on their personal research plans and the wider development of the field. Research limitations/implications The review of journal ranking systems is confined to three countries, the UK, Germany and Australia. The analysis of journal ranking was also limited to 11...

... analyses on survey data from 162 large and mid‐sized manufacturing companies located in Germany. Findings All items load high on their respective constructs and the data provides robust support to all hypothesized relationships. Superior risk identification supports the subsequent risk assessment...

... The literature offers most different definitions as to what is to be understood by supply chain risks (Ziegenbein, 2007 ; Li and Hong, 2007 ; Kajüter, 2007). This paper is based on the following definition: Germany Supply chain management Risk management Decision making Cause‐effect relations...

...” and analyzes the similarity of company size and social structure (Murray and Kotabe, 2005 ; Kale et al., 2000). © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2011 Horizontal cooperation Logistics service provider Cooperation types Service delivery Germany The rise of complex...

... Publishing Limited 2010 Outsourcing Customer loyalty Supply chain management Germany Targets United States of America The study of customer loyalty remains among the most substantial and debated areas of business research in recent decades. Driven by the belief that maintaining existing...

... factors on the external communication behavior of purchasing managers in Germany. Design/methodology/approach Based on the literature, oral and written communication capabilities, purchasers' attitudes and the internal communication climate were identified as potential impact factors. A structural...

..., location, formation and operation” allow one to describe the features of supplier parks. Thus, the decision field for introducing and improving the supplier park concept is found. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2005 Automotive industry Logistics data processing Germany Suppliers...

...Grit Walther; Thomas Spengler Purpose Owing to new legal requirements, essential changes in the field of treatment of electronic products in Germany are expected. However, consequences in terms of changes of organisation and material flows of the German treatment system are currently unknown. Thus...

... the central role that supplier management plays in achieving long‐term competitive advantage. This paper presents the results of a study of supplier management practices in Germany, contrasted against those in the UK. It identifies a key difference – German manufacturers have not reduced their supplier base...

...Susan Livingstone; Leigh Sparks Environmental issues have become progressively more important during the 1980s and 1990s. With greater concern about the environment, pressure,both formal and informal, has mounted on business. One of the most developed formal constraints has emerged in Germany...