Search for dissertations about: "Buyer-Supplier Relationship"
Showing result 6 - 10 of 12 swedish dissertations containing the words Buyer-Supplier Relationship.
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6. Purchasing Power and Purchasing Strategies - Insights From the Humanitarian Sector
Abstract : In this dissertation, we discuss how buyers practice purchasing strategies in an asymmetric power situation favoring suppliers, and how their purchasing strategies practiced impact their purchasing power and buyer-supplier relationships. Organizations enter exchange relationships to access required resources not produced internally, and are exposed to uncertainty from not being able to fully control or predict flow of resources. READ MORE
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7. The value of information sharing in automotive supply chains: Understanding the role of information utilisation for operations planning and control
Abstract : The purpose of the thesis is to provide knowledge about the role of information utilisation in suppliers’ operations planning and control (OPC) processes, for generating value of shared demand-related information in automotive supply chains. To do so, the thesis focuses on information utilisation from three different perspectives: (1) how suppliers utilise shared information; (2) why they utilise the information the way they do; and (3) the effect of the utilisation. READ MORE
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8. Green Supply and Demand on the Logistics Market
Abstract : A well-known concept, both in practice and in literature is the logistics market. This market is a place where shippers’ demand for logistics services meets Logistics Service Providers’ (LSPs’) supply of such services. READ MORE
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9. Open book accounting and resource interdependencies : The case of capital equipment sales
Abstract : Over the past few decades, firms have arguably become more dependent on each other. On average, purchased products and services account for more than 50 % of the total cost of large firms. In addition, they have become more complex, requiring closer co-operations between buyers and suppliers. READ MORE
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10. The balancing act : Cooperating with competitors
Abstract : Coopetition, the strategy by which companies cooperate and compete simultaneously in their business relationships, has received increasing attention from scholars and practitioners the last decade. Despite the recognized importance for firms to develop strategies to manage coopetitive relationships, the ways in which firms cope with strategic dilemmas in coopetition has not been sufficiently researched. READ MORE