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...

The paper explores an efficiency hypothesis regarding the contractual process between large retailers, such as Wal-Mart and Carrefour, and their suppliers. The empirical evidence presented supports the idea that large retailers play a quasi-judicial role, acting as "courts of first instance" in...

Purpose – The research paper explores transformative next generation retail technology. The paper briefly mentions emerging retail technology solutions and explore the buyer, supplier & dyadic perspective of benefits in terms of positive behavioral construct with Inter-organizational system...

Despite outward appearances, the flow of information between retailer and supplier in a “hub and spoke” arrangement can in certain circumstances be deemed to be horizontal in nature (i.e. equivalent in substance as a direct exchange from the retailer to her competitor). This article...

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...

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...

Over the past two decades, southern African countries have experienced rapid growth in the number and spread of supermarkets. Several factors have been attributed to this growth, including increasing urbanization, increased per capita income, the rise of the middle class, economies of scale and...

This paper investigates the effects of changes in retail market concentration when input prices are negotiated. Results are derived from a model of bilateral Nash-bargaining between upstream and downstream firms which allows for general forms of demand and retail competition. Whether...

This paper investigates a retailer's incentive of sharing the private demand information with a supplier who may encroach the retail channel by exerting a fixed entry cost. Although the conventional wisdom suggests that a retailer should withhold her private demand observation to keep the...