Manufacturers in business markets are experiencing a strong trend towards close versus distant relationships with suppliers. Three key relationship constructs in academic research are trust, commitment, and satisfaction. Although the relevant literature holds some evidence that trust and...

Increasing awareness of the ecological impacts of industrial growth, resource scarcity as well as changing consumption patterns, has led to the growth of sustainability issues in supply chain practices. The purpose of this paper is to highlight a few areas of possible importance in planning,...

The objective of the present study is to present and test a generic framework for the operationalisation and conceptualisation of the constructs of mutual- and interactive-vulnerability in supply-chain dyads. The study involves a survey of a vehicle manufacturer and its most important suppliers....