Supply relations are often governed by so-called relational contracts. These are informal agreements sustained by the value of future cooperation. Although relational contracts persist in practice, research on these types of contract is only emerging in Operations and Supply Chain Management....

Logistik und Supply Chain Management werden sich schon in absehbarer Zukunft an vollkommen neue Randbedingungen und Anforderungen anpassen müssen. Ausgehend von sehr ehrgeizigen Zielvorgaben zur Reduzierung von Schadstoffemissionen, wird die Politik über verschiedene Instrumente wie...

Effective supply chain integration, and the tight co-ordination it creates, is an essential pre-requisite for successful supply chain management. "Decision-Making for Supply Chain Integration" is a practical reference on recent research in the area of supply chain integration focusing on...