A growing research stream has expanded the level of analysis beyond single buyer–
supplier relations to the network, including supplier–supplier relations. These supplier …

Prior studies have implied that the architecture of firms' participation in an innovation
ecosystem may affect the evolvability of their own ecosystems, thus conditioning firm …

Many products are manufactured in networks of firms linked by transactions, but
comparatively little is known about how or why such transaction networks differ. This article …

The purpose of this article is to discuss the postwar Japanese keiretsu. In the face of
powerful forces of institutional and economic change, the groups have “withered away,” …

Vertical keiretsu are specific buyer–supplier relationships that define the structure of firms in
the Japanese automotive industry. However, during Japan's economic recession, firms …

Our purpose in this chapter is to discuss Japan's business groups, widely known as the
keiretsu. It is our view, supported by wide-ranging and consistent evidence, that the …

This working paper provides a summary on transaction cost economics (TCE) and recent
developments thereof. After an introductory discussion of TCE's role within the field of New …

This thesis contributes to the literature on human resource management (HRM) and
business process outsourcing (BPO) in three important ways. First, this is the first study to …

Purpose The purpose of this study is to determine the relationship between the geographic
market size of businesses and the competitiveness of being able to bid at low prices …

The main objective of the study is to determine the effects of outsourcing strategy on
procurement performance among Universities in Kenya. The study found that contracting …