Relationship duration, supplier autonomy, and customer status affect the performance of suppliers of modular and architectural components differently. Data on U.S. carburetor and clutch manufacturers from 1918 to 1970 shows that suppliers of architectural goods (carburetors) benefit from high status customers, current autonomy, and, to a lesser extent, long-term relationships. Only autonomy aff...

This paper presents a current research with the aim to identify the enablers, barriers and critical success factors for e-procurement adoption by suppliers. Any successful e-procurement system needs suppliers disposed to trade electronically. We present a review of the actual literature about e-Procurement, with focus on the barriers, enabler ́s and CSF ́s already identified. A research methodolo...

This perspective has aligned whole organizations to central goals of continuing, customer-focused improvement. When looking to their own suppliers, these organizations naturally applied a similar perspective, one that aligns whole supply or value chains to central goals focused on the ultimate customers of these supply chains. As suppliers came to play a more and more integral part in efforts t...

1. Introduction Repetition is the key aspect of online procurement auctions as they are often conducted yearly or quarterly or even daily (Elmaghraby 2006; Pinker and et al. 2003). Yet it remains unknown (1) what the suppliers' incentives are for repeatedly participating in reverse auctions, especially for those non-winning suppliers (e.g. Jap 2002); (2) In business practice, whether suppliers ...

Heavy-metal ions are common pollutants in wastewater and thus attracting considerable attention. Herein, an eco-friendly biodegradable adsorbent, iminodisuccinic acid (IDS) modified attapulgite (ATP) is prepared by graft-polymerization to reduce Cu(II) water, referred as IDS-ATP. The equilibrium adsorption capacity of IDS-ATP for increased 329.5% 272% compared with raw ATP non-degradable chelat...

Abstract Tripartite efflux pumps built around ATP-binding cassette (ABC) transporters are membrane protein machineries that perform vectorial export of a large variety drugs and virulence factors from Gram negative bacteria, using ATP-hydrolysis as energy source. Determining the number ATP molecules consumed per transport cycle is essential to understanding efficiency substrate transport. Using...

in order to perform breeding programs and improve production of native chickens, preserving genetic diversity in different areas of iran is important due to the reduced available population. genome sequencing is considered the most functional approach to determine the phylogeny relation between close populations. the aim of the present study was the evaluation of the phylogeny and genetic nucle...

Supplier selection is the process by which firms identify, evaluate, and contract with suppliers. The supplier selection process deploys a tremendous amount of a firm’s financial resources. In return, firms expect significant benefits from contracting with suppliers offering high value. This article describes the typical steps of supplier selection processes: identifying suppliers, soliciting i...