Supply network strategies - Lars–Erik Gadde

Supply Network Strategies deals with how companies activate relationships with suppliers in order to become more efficient and innovative. In recent years, increasing emphasis has been placed on the ways in which these relationships link companies in supply chains and networks. In Supply Network Strategies, Gadde & Håkansson examine the supply side of companies from a network perspective.
Features:
* The first book on purchasing to develop the supply network perspective

* Adopts the industrial network approach developed through the research of the IMP (Industrial Marketing and Purchasing) group

* Includes case studies and interviews with purchasing directors and staff
Supply Network Strategies has been written for students taking courses in purchasing, business networks, and supply chain management on advanced undergraduate and masters level courses. It will also be of great interest to the thinking professional working in purchasing.