Summary Project objectives This study fits into a larger research project on logistics collaboration and outsourcing decisions. The final objective of this larger project is to analyze the logistics collaboration decision in more detail to identify thresholds in these decisions. To reach the overall …

De aanleiding van dit onderzoek is voortgekomen uit de toenemende druk om duurzaam in te kopen binnen de Nederlandse overheid. De inkoopfunctie van de overheid is de laatste jaren sterk geprofessionaliseerd, mede door bezuinigingen en Europese aanbestedingsregelgeving. Dit heeft geresulteerd in groter …

This relationship between external knowledge providers, e.g. consultants and academic institutions, and small and medium enterprises (SMEs) is a difficult one. SME entrepreneurs think external advice is expensive, not required and/or not useful. In this paper these arguments are explored against the …

Companies today are in the continuous improvement game continuously anticipating customer needs at the same time as reducing transaction costs. It’s a tough game, in which techniques evolve so fast that an organisation with rigid management cannot hope to keep up. Indeed, requirements for management …