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Organizational And Economic Mechanisms For Buyer-Supplier Contracts

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Part of the book series: Operations Research/Computer Science Interfaces Series ((ORCS,volume 16))

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In this paper, we present an overview of the nature of contracts in a buyer-supplier business environment, and identify factors that affect the contract relationships. Concepts from transaction cost theory and agency theory as well as the resource-based view are applied to develop an outline for mechanisms that can govern buyer-supplier contracts.

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    Seung Kyoon Shin, R. Ramesh & H. Raghav Rao

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Shin, S.K., Ramesh, R., Rao, H.R. (2002). Organizational And Economic Mechanisms For Buyer-Supplier Contracts. In: Holsapple, C., Jacob, V., Rao, H.R., Chaudhury, A., Agrawal, M. (eds) Business Modelling. Operations Research/Computer Science Interfaces Series, vol 16. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-0893-9_18

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