The economic importance of retailing is constantly increasing, as can be seen from the
development of many countries across Europe, America and Asia. In highly developed …

Consumer pressure is usually considered as one of the major drivers for more
environmental friendly products. During the last decade an increasing focus on public …

This paper explores the potential of group purchasing organizations (GPOs) in facilitating
information sharing and coordinating horizontal competition. We consider a supply chain …

Collaborative procurement is increasingly on the policy agenda in many countries, yet
problems with collaboration occur. This article adopts a relational theory perspective to …

Die Vorratsbeschaffung stellt einen klassischen Beschaffungsprozess dar, der trotz aller
Bemühungen, Materialien Just-in-time zu liefern, in vielen Unternehmen, insbesondere …

Under group buying, quantity discounts are offered based on the buyers' aggregated
purchasing quantity, instead of individual quantities. As the price decreases with the total …

In this article, we identify critical success factors for managing small and intensive
purchasing groups by comparing successful and unsuccessful purchasing groups in a large …

Multi-site organizations must balance conflicting forces to determine the appropriate degree
of purchasing centralization for their respective supplies. The ability to garner quantity …

We study leader-based collective bargaining (LCB), under which a leading buyer (leader)
and a following buyer (follower) form an alliance to jointly purchase a common component …

This paper presents an innovative and flexible approach for recommending the number, size
and composition of purchasing groups, for a set of hospitals willing to cooperate, while …