Supplier-supplier relationships in the buyer-supplier triad: Building theories from eight case studies

摘要

To study the modes of interactions between suppliers and buyers of products/ services. Researchers have recently shown much interest in investigating how the buying firms manage relationships between the suppliers (supplier-supplier relationship (SSR)). The present study deals with eight cases connected with different kinds of SSR. Using theory building through case studies, five archetypes of SSR, each of which is unique on its relational features.