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Exploring the transaction dimensions of supply chain management

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  • Britta Lietke
  • Madlen Boslau

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It is argued that firm cooperation in Supply Chain Management (SCM) can be classified as a hybrid governance structure in a new institutional sense. Using a key informant survey, exploratory data on transaction dimensions and supply chain management were gathered and analysed. The findings suggest that the implementation of such a cooperation is not a binary choice but rather a matter of varying degrees. All factors commonly associated with influencing transaction costs (asset specificity, uncertainty and frequency) are significantly higher for firms with more fully implemented supply chain management, making a more integrated solution advantageous. Additionally, the data suggest a strong influence of transaction frequency on the degree of asset specificity and uncertainty.

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  • Britta Lietke & Madlen Boslau, 2007. "Exploring the transaction dimensions of supply chain management," International Journal of Networking and Virtual Organisations, Inderscience Enterprises Ltd, vol. 4(2), pages 163-179.
    • Handle: RePEc:ids:ijnvor:v:4:y:2007:i:2:p:163-179
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