Acknowledging that not all supplier relationships can nor should be close partnerships, this article explores the development of strategic supplier portfolios. The strategic portfolio perspective considers risks, trade-offs, and interdependencies between the firm’s array of supplier relationships. Based on over 50 interviews with managers and archival data from 12 multinational companies, a str...

© 2002 Canadian Medical Association or its licensors Complaints: (1) A reviewer calls to say he will never review another paper for CMAJ because we accepted a paper he had urged us to reject in view of the authors’ undisclosed and close relationship with a pharmaceutical company. (2) A letter writer complains that we edited her letter so severely that the main point was utterly lost. (3) An aut...

Since 1995 as a start of commercial use of Internet network in Finland we have witnessed strong development in this area. This development trend has promoted e-Business to an important subject of decision-making and business planning. One of the factors behind development has been the exploitation and management of information and knowledge. Next step, which is already there observable in some ...

the concept of value creation is gaining momentum in iran under the open regime. iranian companies are geared to understand and act upon the concept of shareholder value to stay competitive in this unfathomable and volatile environment. most executives today understand that, the need to create shareholder value is paramount and the world’s most competitive management teams are responding to the...