This dissertation investigates the use of information exchange in industrial supply chain relationships. Specific information exchange characteristics are analyzed to determine their contribution to firm performance from the perspective of both the technology champion firm and the trading partner firm. Longitudinal analyses are conducted using data gathered from an electronically mediated industrial exchange network. This [...]
THE EFFECTIVENESS OF SELLER CREDIBILITY SYSTEMS IN THE ONLINE AUCTION MARKET: MODELING THE SELLER’S POINT OF VIEW
The Internet has turned out to be an appealing place for doing business, with its unprecedented ability to bring together a large number of buyers and sellers, cover a wide scale of market and automate transaction processes, etc. However, this powerful technology of information transformation brings a greater trust problem than corresponding transactions in brick-and-mortar [...]
Direct delivery: a case study on the loading efficiency at the foreign SCA terminals
Svenska Cellulosa Aktiebolag, SCA is one of the leading forest industries which produces and sell products like pulp, solid wood, publication paper and personal care products. The distribution and logistic unit of the company is SCA Transforest. The goods are transported from the producing unit to one of Transforests terminals for further transportation to the [...]