We analyzed the text of 704 online advertisements of supply chain management jobs for MBA graduates. The content analysis of these job advertisements provided us with a list of supply chain topics, such as inventory management and supply management, and general skills, such as communication and...

Supply chain risk management (SCRM) is a nascent area emerging from a growing appreciation for supply chain risk by practitioners and by researchers. However, there is diverse perception of research in supply chain risk because these researchers have approached this area from different domains....

In some strategic alliances, a firm shares its manufacturing capacity with another, and the latter shares its distribution capacity with the former. Even though such bidirectional alliances have become common, they remain challenging to manage due to the frequent disputes over capacity...

This is the third of a series of research volume of papers from the Business and Information Technologies global research network. The group includes 20 partners from 16 countries, who conduct studies on the impact of new information and communication technologies on business practice, industry...

AbstractThe following sections are included:SummaryIntroductionFindingsICT adoption and budget trendsInternal organizationOutsourcing and OffshoringForward facing interactionsBackward facing interactionsBusiness resultsGlobalizationFuture WorkAcknowledgmentsBibliographyAbout the Authors

The Business and Information Technologies (BIT) study documents the information technology driven changes that occur in business structures, business practices and sector structures. Conducted by participating countries at appropriate time intervals and encompassing a wide spectrum of industry...

Most of the large economies in the world are already dominated by services. Developed countries are now also becoming information economies; the US is a case in point. The confluence of these trends means that information services are the largest part of the US and other developed economies,...