Cover -- CONTENTS -- EDITORIAL REVIEW BOARD -- Guest editorial -- Building global supplier networks: a supplier portfolio entry model -- Acquiring competitive advantage in industry through supply chain integration: a case study of Yue Yuen Industrial Holdings Ltd -- Coordinating global...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to develop an understanding of changing business control patterns that may be critical for firms, in order to manage effective enterprise information infrastructures in and through the Chinese market. Design/methodology/approach – This paper presents a...

Purposes – Global product development requires complex international inter‐firm coordination between suppliers and manufacturers. Prior research on the impact of opportunities and risks of supplier‐manufacturer partnership in the context of global product development is relatively limited....