商品簡介
This collection of fifteen articles on global supply chains presents current research focusing on the problems inherent in the international nature of most modern industrial and commercial supply systems. The work is divided into four sections covering global supply chain relationships, supply chain integration, outsourcing and off-shoring and managing complex global supply networks, and individual essays address such topics as sustaining suppliers in economic crisis periods, effects of customer power on supply chain integration, the impact of outsourcing on operational control and collaborative relationships in supply chain management. Contributors include academics from a variety of institutions around the world. Annotation c2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)