Purpose – This paper aims to analyze how organizational conditions, technology adoption, supplier relationship management and customer relationship management affect knowledge creation through socialization-externalization combination, internalization (SECI) modes, and various ba, as proposed by Nonaka and Konno, in a supply chain. Design/methodology/approach – A qualitative inquiry with themat...

Considerable attention has been paid to relative power that decides the type of buyer-supplier relationship. However, most prior studies have limitations as they have focused only on one focal firm’s (buyer’s or supplier’s) perspective, failing to achieve a more balanced view from both sides of a buyer-supplier relationship. This study proposes a research framework by integrating both the buyer...

This study of 453 supplier-automaker relationships in the U. S., Japan, and Korea examines the extent to which automakers manage their “arms-length” and “partner” suppliers differently. The findings indicate that U.S. automakers have historically managed all of their suppliers in an arms-length fhshion, Korean automakers have managed all suppliers as partners, and Japanese automakers have segme...

We study the effects of environmental policy commitments in a futuristic world in which solar radiation management (SRM) can be utilized to reduce climate change damages. Carbon and sulfur dioxide emissions (correlated pollutants) can be reduced through tradable permits. We show that if nations simultaneously commit to carbon permit policies, national SRM levels rise with carbon quotas. Alterna...

The importance of a long-term relationship between a manufacturing ®rm and its supplier(s) has been emphasized in the literature on supply chain management. Essential to such a relationship is the coordination among participants in a supply chain. In order to sustain the relationship, the coordination should enhance the pro®tability of not only the manufacturer, but also the supplier(s). In thi...

This paper evaluates the effects of the use of Product Lifecycle Management and its three sub-systems Organizational Memory, Project and Resource Management and Cooperative Work systems on three components of knowledge integration in New Product Development: knowledge transfer, translation and transformation. A second aim of this paper is to explicate and discuss the use of the crisp set versio...