When is having no previous contract better than having one, if ever? When should a manufacturer/retailer take over part (or all) of the other party's operation, instead of considering just a contract? How about the opposite situation? This paper responds these questions in the context of a...

This paper analyses the adoption of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) policies by small and medium manufacturers which are involved in supplying relationships with large retailers. The purpose of the paper is to examine CSR drivers within large retailers' supply chains. A quantitative...

When a product disappears from the store, one usually assumes the manufacturer has decided to cease production, which is commonly referred to as product elimination. With the increasing power retailers have on product line-ups, however, product removal decision could be entirely driven by...