Essays about: "Inter-firm collaboration"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 8 essays containing the words Inter-firm collaboration.

  1. 1. E-auction as a complement to IOCM - A case study from the automotive industry

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Felicia Ivarsson; [2020-07-01]
    Keywords : E-auction; IOCM; Transaction Cost Economics; Industrial Network Approach; Purchasing and Supply Management; Buyer-supplier Relationship;

    Abstract : The role of PSM has gained considerable attention in recent years as one of the key functions to impact company performance (Zsidisin, Ellram & Ogden, 2003; Kähkönen & Lintukangas, 2012). And considering that purchasing is today the single largest expenditure for the majority of organizations (Dyer & Nobeoka, 2000; Agndal & Nilsson, 2009), it is interesting to expand the idea of IOCM and explore how companies can work even closer with their suppliers to impact inter-firm transactions. READ MORE

  3. 2. Motivations for engagement in environmental inter-firm alliances in the Swedish fashion and textile industry

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för företagande och ledning

    Author : Pauliina Perkiö; Sophie Frieauff; [2020]
    Keywords : Environmental alliance; Environmental collaboration; Networks; Inter-firm collaboration; Fashion industry;

    Abstract : The fashion and textile industry is publicly seen as one of the most environmentally unsustainable industries in the world. Due to its complex and highly dispersed value chain, a collaborative effort is needed in order to lower the industry's environmental pollution. READ MORE

  4. 3. Ex-ante Control Mechanisms against Opportunistic Behavior regarding Knowledge Sensitivity of Product (Comparative Case Study)

    University essay from Institutionen för ekonomisk och industriell utveckling; Filosofiska fakulteten

    Author : Kamila Grabowska; Shideh Tabe Mohammadi; [2013]
    Keywords : Opportunistic behavior; Ex-ante control mechanisms; Knowledge-sensitivity products;

    Abstract : There is an increasing interest for business organizations to engage into the global inter-firm alliance nowadays. The companies are striving for accessing the opportunities created by emerging markets, diversification of the products’ offer or the access to lower cost inputs (Barnes, et al., 2010). READ MORE

  5. 4. Dismantling the Co-creation Unicorn : Investigating the "How" in Inter-firm Collaboration

    University essay from Institutionen för informatik

    Author : Daniel Skog; [2012]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : In order to face the challenges derived from an increasingly disruptive technologicalenvironment, firms often engage in collaborative arrangements with other firms. While it isargued that inter-firm networks can serve as a way to catalyze innovation, to manage risksinvolved in R&D and to enable the creation of new value through co-creation, the causes andreasons for inter-firm collaboration are well-known. READ MORE

  6. 5. Open innovation in science parks : The influence of geographic proximity and other factors on firms’ collaboration

    University essay from Företagsekonomi

    Author : Yulia Denisova; Ganna Goylo; [2012]
    Keywords : science park; open innovation; geographic proximity; interorganizational collaboration; small and medium enterprises;

    Abstract : Background: Due to the dynamic business environment and acceleration of technological renewal the need to pursue newest knowledge becomes crucial and more and more challenging for companies. Traditionally firms tended to keep R&D in-house but now they have to search for alternative approach to innovation, namely open innovation. READ MORE