... of collaboration mechanisms, relation specific and knowledge sharing, to systematically examine their influence on facilitating the different types of GLPs – as seen by shippers versus LSPs. Design/methodology/approach Survey responses of 169 shippers and 162 LSPs in Sweden were collected and analysed using...

..., leading to the second research question: RQ2. How does the prioritisation of green logistics practices compare between shippers and LSPs? This study is based on a large-scale survey of shippers and LSPs operating in Sweden. Grounded on renowned work on logistics purchasing (e.g...

... management Competitive strategy Sweden Logistics center Interaction Competition Supply chain vs supply chain competition Case study Pattern matching The purpose of this paper is to propose the concept of interaction (of supply chains) as the means through which competition can be practically...

... Sweden Logistics management Environmental management Logistics service provider Shippers Interface Green logistics Gap analysis Wandel et al. (1992) describe the interface between shippers and LSPs in terms of a logistics market (Figure 1). In this market, the need for material...

... of the performance management process and its obstacles from the perspective of LSPs. Design/methodology/approach A multiple‐case study is conducted with the three largest LSPs in Sweden. Findings The handling of the performance management process shows similarities among LSPs in selecting performance...

... Sweden Cash management Current research that focuses on the treatment of incentive problems in supply chain management includes Narayanan and Raman (2004) . They present an approach (Figure 1) that consists of three steps: accept the premise, pinpoint the cause and align or redesign. To accept...

... PhD dissertations within logistics and SCM were worked up in three main steps which are explained in the following subsections. The first step in identifying all Nordic dissertations was to contact research institutions within the Nordic countries (Finland, Norway, Denmark, and Sweden...

... of unique identities and the level of integration and improvements achieved. It also provides the current status of different identification methods in Swedish manufacturing industries. The survey was directed at logistics managers in manufacturing companies in Sweden. Several industries were selected...

..., Iceland, Norway and Sweden). The paper further seeks to explain variations in the research field in terms of the demographics, research domains and methodologies, and publication patterns of the study's respondents. Design/methodology/approach An e‐mail questionnaire survey was distributed to 353...

... Communication technologies Forecasting Supply chain management Channel relationships Sweden Several scholars have emphasized the importance of sharing forecast data between customers and suppliers in order to decrease suppliers' planning uncertainty (Cachon and Fisher, 2000 ; Kelle and Akbulut...

... (VMI) systems. Design/methodology/approach In this paper, a framework is developed for characterizing the design of VMI systems based on a review of prior research and an empirical investigation of industry‐to‐industry VMI relationships in Sweden. Findings The proposed framework incorporates...

... conception of sourcing strategies. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2007 Supply chain management Sourcing Garment industry Distribution channels and markets Sweden The purpose of this paper can therefore be divided into two parts: 1. to empirically identify different types...

... and outbound supply chains and the research question has thus been formulated as follows: How can vulnerability in supply chains be conceptualized in terms of time and relationship dependencies? © MCB UP Limited 2002 Supply chain Surveys Motor industry Sweden 1. (1) source...

...). Motor industry Sweden Supply chain Trust Customers Almost two decades ago Barber (1983, p. 1) wrote: “Today nearly everyone seems to be talking about trust”. Nowadays scholars recognize the importance of trust in developing and managing business relationships (e.g. Håkansson and Snehota...

... to regard environmental questions and the work for a better environment from different perspectives. In Sweden, environmental questions have for many years been regarded from a social perspective (with a political angle where rules and laws have been the most important instruments of control). More recently...