The ability to manage, integrate and learn from strategic alliances is essential in today's
interconnected and globalized economy. Despite the managerial relevance of alliance …

This research aims to evaluate the state of the art of Purchasing and Supply Management
(PSM). This is carried out through a wide, in-depth, and structured examination of published …

Business relationships as well as the wider embedding network provide firms with crucial
resources for their resource base, thus the capabilities that allow firms to successfully …

Following the resource-based view, this research empirically explores the role of formal and
informal management control in mobilizing export resources to develop export capabilities …

Research findings suggest that networks offer small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs)
opportunities to internationalize successfully. However, the role of internal organizational …

A firm's network capability refers to its ability to build, handle and exploit relationships. These
capabilities are interwoven in a complex configuration with the other capabilities and …

This paper presents the results of a comprehensive literature review of the organization of
purchasing covering the period from 1967 to 2009. The review provides a structured …

Sourcing is an essential component of purchasing and supply chain management and has
been extensively studied by academic researchers. A comprehensive scholarly literature …

Purpose This paper uses the relational capabilities perspective to provide new insights into
the mediating role of relational capabilities and their performance implications. Specially …

This paper uses an in-depth qualitative case study of a family-owned emerging market
multinational enterprise (EMMNE), specializing in digital and electronic media, to explore …