Supplier networks and relationships are a great source of competitive advantage for companies. Being able to leverage innovations from the supplier base can be a huge boost to the innovation efforts of a company. Developing a close relationship with a supplier can improve a company’s acquisition of resources and innovation ideas if the suppliers are more willing to dedicate their resources to benefit the customer than their competitors. However, companies are faced with scarcity of capable suppliers and the suppliers’ limited resources, which leads competent and desirable suppliers to allocate their resources and capabilities differently among their customers. Customer companies must therefore seek to become a preferred customer of the desi...
Involving suppliers in new product development of a company has been under study for almost 30 years...
Customers have lately become of increased importance in supplier innovation processesthrough inter-f...
Global end producers outsource more and more of their operations to subcontractors. At the same tim...
Suppliers have become a significant source of innovativeness, flexibility and quality which is why t...
The modern supply management organization has become a core function for companies and it can give c...
Profiting is changing. Globalization forces industries to consolidate. Concentrating Research and ...
The purpose of this thesis was to offer recommendations for the case company Pintos Oy on creation o...
Supplier relationships have gained more and more attention among the academia and practicing manager...
New ventures tend to me more reliant on using suppliers in product development project than establis...
Objectives: Today’s IT-innovations are getting more and more complex and the costs of unsuccessful...
This master’s thesis studies the challenges an incumbent energy company faces when willing to system...
Purpose of the paper and literature addressed:\ud The purpose of this research is to understand why ...
The importance of added value stemming from supplier involvement during the innovation process of Ne...
In the context of open innovation, firms increasingly rely on the collaboration of suppliers in thei...
In the context of open innovation, firms increasingly rely on the collaboration of suppliers in thei...
Involving suppliers in new product development of a company has been under study for almost 30 years...
Customers have lately become of increased importance in supplier innovation processesthrough inter-f...
Global end producers outsource more and more of their operations to subcontractors. At the same tim...
Suppliers have become a significant source of innovativeness, flexibility and quality which is why t...
The modern supply management organization has become a core function for companies and it can give c...
Profiting is changing. Globalization forces industries to consolidate. Concentrating Research and ...
The purpose of this thesis was to offer recommendations for the case company Pintos Oy on creation o...
Supplier relationships have gained more and more attention among the academia and practicing manager...
New ventures tend to me more reliant on using suppliers in product development project than establis...
Objectives: Today’s IT-innovations are getting more and more complex and the costs of unsuccessful...
This master’s thesis studies the challenges an incumbent energy company faces when willing to system...
Purpose of the paper and literature addressed:\ud The purpose of this research is to understand why ...
The importance of added value stemming from supplier involvement during the innovation process of Ne...
In the context of open innovation, firms increasingly rely on the collaboration of suppliers in thei...
In the context of open innovation, firms increasingly rely on the collaboration of suppliers in thei...
Involving suppliers in new product development of a company has been under study for almost 30 years...
Customers have lately become of increased importance in supplier innovation processesthrough inter-f...
Global end producers outsource more and more of their operations to subcontractors. At the same tim...