... procurement is the remedy to performance problems in construction. The paper also aims to argue that a specific interplay of both price and trust is always inherent to the selection of subcontracted services. Design/methodology/approach A choice‐based conjoint experiment was conducted to underpin...

...Ren‐Jye Liu; Jonathan Brookfield Purpose The purpose of this article is to better understand Japanese manufacturing in mainland China and clarify how traditional Japanese subcontracting has changed and is changing to fit the economic environment there. Design/methodology/approach This article...

... be achieved. The focus of this research has its emphasis on the sub‐contractor/customer sourcing and the occurrence of disturbances in firms’ inbound and outbound logistics flows. © MCB UP Limited 2003 Sourcing Subcontracting Customers Supply‐chain management Inbound logistics Outbound...