We study the effectiveness of a procurement mechanism of a buyer that bundles the product procurement with the technology acquisition. We analyze the bidding behavior of rational suppliers and predict the outcome of such a bundling strategy. Using the two-supplier case, we find that each supplier has a dominant bidding strategy for the technology provision that is independent from the bidding s...

Some manufacturers impose a time-based contract on their suppliers under which each supplier is paid only when all of the suppliers have completed their tasks. We investigate whether or not the manufacturer ought to demand such a delayed payment contract. In our model with one manufacturer and two suppliers, we compare the impact of both a delayed payment regime and a no delayed payment regime ...

In 2010-2012, new outpatient service locations were established in Hungarian micro-regions, which had lacked such capacities before. We exploit this quasi-experiment to estimate the effect of geographical accessibility on outpatient case numbers using both individual-level and semi-aggregate panel data. We find a 24-27 per cent increase of case numbers as a result of the establishments. Our spe...

team reflexivity as a conscious reflection on team functioning, is a key factor of team effectiveness. because reflexivity (including some of the behaviors that) is caused of learning from past mistakes and errors (team learning) improve the performance of the team. the present study attempts to demonstrate the key role of the team reflexivity on team performance (especially in a project team w...

Specific supply-chain investments are vital in achieving faster lead-time performance and more competitive costs. In practice, such as in the highly leveraged telecom sector, the coordinating original equipment manufacturers (OEM) often delegate the upstream coordination of suppliers to contract manufacturers. This can be justified by informational advantages or economies of scale. However, the...

Efficiency and effectiveness of the organization is result ofmanagement performance and supply chain structure.Today, several factors in selection the supplier or the best combination of suppliers have been identified that this issue would increase the complexity of suplier selecting.This study investigates the application of Fuzzy Delphi in order to identify the important factors in selecting ...

Globalization activates qualitative changes in multiple economic entities and requires the development of alternative forms business organization. At present, one most promising tracks is represented by implementation network structures, aimed at achieving common goals obtaining a win-win outcome via joint effort. Business structures that invite dynamic consistent transformations on wide scale ...