This paper reflects on a three‐year EPSRC research project (1994‐1997), called "Implementing Partnering in the Supply Chain", that studied the development of collaboration between two companies, IDV Operations Ireland Limited and Killeen Corrugated and the complex processes involved in...

There is much debate about the nature of strategy formulation as content or process. This paper takes a process view informed from insights from non‐linear dynamics, complexity and chaos theory and applies it to a well tested management of change process in cooperative supply chain management...

Purpose – The purpose of this research is to report on research to date concerning the creation of a hybrid model for managing performance and decision making with elements of an IBM supply chain. Design/methodology/approach – As part of a wider research programme this paper utilises survey,...