Coordinating supply relationships: rhetoric and reality
| dc.contributor.author | Harrison, Alan | - |
| dc.contributor.author | Koulikoff-Souviron, Marie | - |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2011-06-09T23:03:43Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2011-06-09T23:03:43Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2007-02-01T00:00:00Z | - |
| dc.description.abstract | Two reciprocally interdependent, dyadic supply relationships – one inter- organizational, the other intra-organizational - were investigated across a broad front in this study. The focus was on the logistics relationship between supply partners, and on how these relationships were co-ordinated in practice. We probed co-ordination between the partners using four constructs – goal congruence, information sharing, co-ordination mechanisms and joint decision making. Based on these two studies, we propose that the process of mutual adjustment creates a ‘together-separate’ tension that has to be managed in practice. This process may lead to the development of new capabilities that transcend the boundaries of the firm: equally, it is a fragile process that may be thrown into reverse by a variety of factors such as people turnover and failure to maintain established coordination mec | en_UK |
| dc.identifier.citation | Alan Harrison and Marie Koulikoff-Souviron, Coordinating supply relationships: rhetoric and reality. RP 1/07, Cranfield University School of Management | en_UK |
| dc.identifier.isbn | 1859051812 | - |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826/3949 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_UK | en_UK |
| dc.subject | Supply relationships | en_UK |
| dc.subject | Logistics | en_UK |
| dc.subject | Coordination | en_UK |
| dc.title | Coordinating supply relationships: rhetoric and reality | en_UK |
| dc.type | Working paper | en_UK |