Other than co-operation, competition is a central issue in industry and commerce today, which always exists among enterprises that provide homogeneous products or services. The competitive relationships of enterprises determine the rivalry nature of dominant interactions among them; that is,...

This paper investigates the competitive relationship and rivalry of industrial markets, using Chinese household electrical appliance firms as a platform for the study. The common complex network models belong to one-level networks in layered classification, while this paper formulates and...

This paper explains the impact of original equipment manufacturing (OEM) supplier initiatives, which are proactive and deliberate behaviors, on buyer competence development. It argues that these adaptive and proactive behaviors in the outsourcing relationship have a significant impact on...