This paper describes the initial establishment of a business-to-business network in a novel context – within and around a government department as it implements Purchaser-Provider relationships. A popular reform in public sector management over recent years has been the establishment of...

Supply chain relationships between firms are increasingly important in terms of both competitiveness and developing dynamic capability to respond to rapid changes in the market. Innovation capacity both in firms and in supply chains is also integral to responding to dynamic markets and customer...

Maritime operations have global interface functions connecting supply chain networks on a transportation and distribution platform of international, regional, and domestic trade. These maritime operations have the potential capability to generate wide-scale disruptive effects to other tiers in...