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 substantially revised, new edition, the authors 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.
Preface
Part I : Supply Network Challenges
Chapter 1 : Purchasing Faces New Challenges Chapter 2 : The Supplier Base Chapter 3 : Physical Flows in Supply Networks
Part II : Supply Network Analysis
Chapter 4 : Purchasing and the Combining of Resources Chapter 5 : Purchasing and the Configuring of Activities Chapter 6 : Purchasing and the Positioning of Actors
Part III : Supply Network Strategies
Chapter 7 : Relating : Developing Relationships with Suppliers Chapter 8 : Bounding : Setting the Border Around the Buying Firm Chapter 9 : Organising : Designing Internal-External Couplings Chapter 10 : Strategising : Applying the Supply Network Perspective
