Includes bibliographical references and index.

Strategies for effective worldwide supply chains / Reza Aboutalebi -- High level inventory network modeling approaches / Tan Miller, Renato de Matta, Minghong Xu -- Fostering supply chain management in global business / Kijpokin Kasemsap -- A "flying high, landing soft" platform for supplier diversity / Ye-Sho Chen, Nurhan Davutyan, Iris Ersoy -- An empirical investigation of the role of e-communication in international collaborations / Ying Zhang -- Information quality in supply chain software / Farhad Kafi, Majid Kafi -- Value creation and appropriation in buyer-supplier relationships: governance, competition and cultures / Wiboon Kittilaksanawong -- Review of RFID applications in perishable inventory management / Linh Nguyen Khanh Duong, Lincoln C. Wood, Xiaowei Wang -- Supply chain resilience / Alessandra Vecchi, Valentina Vallisi -- Partnerships in supply chain management / �Ozlem Ko�ctas �Cotur, Y�ucel �Ozt�urkoglu -- Strategic value creation in a supply chain / Gowri Vijayan [and 3 others] -- International supply chain case study / Thi Song Hanh Pham, Fariba Darabi, Natalie Victoria Wilmot -- Supply chain relationships: from conflict to collaboration / Wesley S. Boyce -- Green supply chain initiatives: the India perspective / Debabrata Ghosh, Sirish Gouda, Janat Shah -- Sustainability: a comprehensive literature / Aroop Mukherjee [and 3 others] -- Supply chain system and barriers of exporting: evidence from Ghana in Sub Saharan Africa / Gloria Sraha --

Cultivating global entrepreneurs in the food supply chain / Ye-Sho Chen, Ismail Hakki Polat -- Supply chain management: developments, theories and models / Sajad Fayezi, Maryam Zomorrodi -- Structuring and managing supply network: a review of current literature and conceptual framework / Zheng Liu -- Relationship establishment in SCM in a market with enforcement and regulation challenges: case of Tanzania / Felix Adamu Nandonde, Winnie Nguni -- Supply chain management practices in retail-the trends and future perspective / Is�k �Ozge Yumurtac�, Beng�u Sevil Ofla�c -- The history and development of purchasing management and its theoretical framework: a review of transaction cost economics / Richard Glavee-Geo -- Implementation of green supply chain management in a globalized economy / Harish C. Chandan -- A staged supplier pre-evaluation model: to determine risky, potential and preferred suppliers / G�ul G�okay Emel, G�ulcan Petri�cli -- An empirical view of knowledge management / Selvakkumar K. N. Vaiappuri [and 3 others] -- Supply chain processes as key drivers for upgrading in the semiconductor global supply chain: the case of Brazilian design houses / Marco Antonio Viana Borges, Luciana Marques Vieira -- Picking with impact: best practices for the quality improvement and cost minimizing of consignment in the logistics of an international manufacturer / Matthias Lederer, Ferdinand Niedermeier, Jan Hoppe --

Information and communications technology (ICT) and the supply chain / Olayinka David-West -- Supply chain risk management: a review of the literature / Maryam Zomorrodi -- The influence of supply chain sustainability practices on suppliers / Xiaowei Wang, Lincoln C. Wood -- Methodology to support supply chain integration a business process perspective / Jaime Palma -- Evolution of the role of measurement systems in industrial decision support / Miroslaw Staron [and 3 others].

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