Interest in the phenomenon known as" lean" has grown significantly in recent years. This is
the first volume to provide an academically rigorous overview of the field of lean …

Previous studies have suggested that public procurement promotes transactional and
standardized interfaces between public buyers and suppliers. The use of more interactive …

Purpose–The purpose of this paper is to systematically review the relationship and
networking strategy tools in the IMP literature. It proposes six dimensions for characterizing …

Purpose–While numerous articles have stressed the importance of developing and
maintaining supply networks, there is still a dearth of studies that address how supply …

It has been suggested that “network pictures” are a major factor in the development of
companies' strategies and in their interactions with others. The purpose of this paper is to …

A number of authors within business marketing and purchasing, have stressed that the
heterogeneity of relationships in customer and supplier portfolios are a source of managerial …

Purpose–Firms face the challenge of developing learning capabilities that enable them to
work as part of an effective business network. While an extensive literature examines …

The purpose of this article is twofold: firstly, to conceptualise and discuss how suppliers
strategise in relation to supply network initiatives taken by their customers in the construction …

From a practical perspective the construction industry is interesting for a business
researcher in that it does not have had very positive economic development in terms of …

In the last years, the specialization process of companies led to the increase of the value
and content of the industrial purchases, rising supplier management to a strategic level. The …