The contribution of IT-leveraging capability for collaborative product development with suppliers

Interorganizational IT Support for Collaborative Product Development

Customer approaches to product development with suppliers

It has long been accepted that a realistic view of what happens between customer companies and their suppliers cannot be achieved by examining single purchases alone. Instead, a single purchase can only be understood as part of a supplier–customer relationship which both affects and is affected by it. Also in business markets, a customer’s purchase behaviour is not simply a passive response to ...

Factors Affecting the Development of Collaborative Improvement with Strategic Suppliers

The research presented in this paper was aimed at increasing the current understanding of the process of developing collaborative improvement in Extended Manufacturing Enterprises (EME). Theory suggests a number of factors to affect that process, including shared sense of direction (i.e. vision), trust, power, and commitment. Based on action research of three EMEs involving a total of thirteen ...

azerbaijans political development after the collapse of soviet union and implication on relation with the islamic republic of iran

در فصل اول این پایاین نامه در خصوص تاریخ کشور اذربایجان قبل و بعد از جدایی این کشور از ایران مورد بررسی قرار گرفته است ودر فصل دوم تحولات سیاسی این کشور بعد از 1991 و در واقع بعد از فروپاشی شوروی و دولتهایی که روی کار امدند در از جمله دولت ابولفضل ایلچی بیگ،دولت حیدر علی اف وبعد از او پسرش الهام علی اف و نگرش هرکدام از این دولتها به سیاسیت خارجی اذربایجان مورد اشاره قرار گرفته است.در ودر فصل سو...

Expanding the Knowledge Capability of Suppliers through Supplier Development Programs

As firms increasingly outsource to focus on their core competencies, effective supplier development has become a major strategic decision in order to maintain a network of competent suppliers. Supplier development can be seen as a capability-enhancing activity that an organization undertakes to improve its suppliers’ performance. This study conceptualizes supplier development as a knowledge-int...