Supply Network Strategies

Supply Network Strategies deals with how companies activate relationships with suppliers in order to become more efficient and innovative. In recent years, increasing emphasis has been placed on the ways in which these relationships link companies in supply chains and networks. In this book, Gadde & H?kansson examine the supply side of companies from a network perspective.
The IMP (Industrial Purchasing and Marketing) Group of researchers includes leading international experts in the fields of industrial / business marketing and purchasing. This group is very influential and many university courses have been developed based on the ′philosophy′ of the IMP group.

Spis treści:
Part I Key Supply Issues
1. The role of purchasing in the company
2. Central features of purchasing and supply management
Part II Network Analysis
3. Purchasing and the activity structure
4. Purchasing and the resource structure
5. Purchasing and the actor structure
Part III Supply Strategies
6. Determining the boundaries of the firm
7. Developing relationships with suppliers
8. Designing supply networks
Part IV Organizing Supply
9. Network Strategies and networking
10. Organizing for Efficiency
11. Organizing for Development