The nature of supply networks / Thomas Y. Choi.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Choi, Thomas Y., author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Business logistics.

Industrial procurement.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (345 pages)

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2023.

Summary:

Supply chains are networks. Supply chains are a simplification of what actually happens, and supply networks are much closer to what is real. When two companies engage in business as a buyer and a supplier, they form a buyer-supplier relationship. That is a dyad-two entities linked in a relationship. Yet, triads are the smallest unit where we can begin to observe network dynamics. A common triad in supply networks is the buyer-supplier-supplier relationship. If we extend the supplier-supplier relationship horizontally, we get a supply base to a buying company. If we extend the buyer-supplier relationship vertically, we see an extended supply chain. If we combine the supply bases and extended supply chains, we end up with supply networks. Using the network concepts and theories, we study the structural and behavioural patterns of supply networks.

Contents:

Cover

The Nature of Supply Networks

Copyright

Dedication

Contents

Preface

1 Introduction

2 Companies, Supply Chains, and Supply Networks

3 Dyads in Supply Networks

4 Triads in Supply Networks

5 Supply Base in Supply Networks

6. Extended Supply Chains

7. Supply Chains as Networks

8 Supply Networks as a Complex Adaptive System

9 Emerging Topics

Epilogue

References

Index.

Notes:

Also issued in print: 2023.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on September 1, 2023).

Other Format:

Print version: Choi, Thomas Y. The Nature of Supply Networks

ISBN:

0-19-767327-9

0-19-767325-2

0-19-767326-0