A buying firm attempts to seek economic and social benefits through supply chain
collaboration. Successful collaboration is predicted not only to strengthen a buying firm …

Purpose This study seeks:(1) to identify whether the form of governance adopted (relational
or contractual) drives suppliers' and buyers' collaboration in the same way;(2) to examine if …

Purpose As outsourcing continues to grow, supplier management becomes critical to the
success of manufacturing firms. Transaction cost economics (TCE) suggests that firms …

Governance mechanisms protect the investments involved in transactions and thereby
facilitate and promote sustainable and cooperative relationships; however, the empirical …

In the past decades, firms have strived to achieve greater collaborative advantages with their
supply chain partners. The objective of the study is to uncover the nature and characteristics …

Purpose–The present paper aims to investigate the impact of two different dimensions of
supply chain integration on two aspects of firm performance in the emerging economy of …

This study aims to explore the effect of governance mechanisms (including both formal and
social controls) upon the buyer–supplier cooperative performance in supply chains …

Purpose–Supply chain management emphasizes collaborative relationships between
buyers and suppliers within a supply chain. The purpose of this paper is to examine the …

This study examines the antecedents and consequences of supply chain activities and
empirically tests many of the assumptions in the extant buyer–supplier relationship literature …

Various market challenges have led logistics service providers (LSPs) to engage in
horizontal cooperations with each other, while maintaining their general legal …