Supply network strategies - Gadde, Lars-Erik, 1945-; HaÌkansson, HaÌkan, 1969-; Persson, Goran (Hoboken : Wiley, 2010)
Purchasing faces new challenges -- The supplier base -- Physical flows in supply networks -- Purchasing and the combining of resources -- Purchasing and the configuring of activities -- Purchasing and the positioning of actors -- Relating : developing relationships with suppliers -- Bounding : setting the border around the buying firm -- Organising : designing internal-external couplings -- Strategising : applying the supply network perspective.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Keywords: Industrial procurement