... established, much less is understood concerning the contribution of such “soft” areas as human resource management activities and organization variables. Supply chain management Human resource management Organizational structures Organization culture Empowerment Four categories of human...

... Publishing Limited 2005 Business environment Networking Co‐operative organizations Organizational structures Computer software Finland According to Ebers and Jarillo (1998) , competitive advantage of a network ensues from five sources: mutual learning, strategy of co‐specialization...

... and constituting e‐supply networks (e‐SNs). Design/methodology/approach At first the main factors characterizing e‐SN pattern are identified (organizational structures, managerial criteria and critical activities), then two separate procedures are adopted for developing an integrated reference framework...