La eficiencia económica y social de las relaciones comerciales fabricante-suministrador en la industria del automóvil
ISSN: 0422-2784
Any de publicació: 2009
Títol de l'exemplar: Industria y medio ambiente : el reto de la sostenibilidad
Número: 371
Pàgines: 209-220
Tipus: Article
Altres publicacions en: Economía industrial
Resum
Both in the business and in the academic fields, close and long-term relationships have acquired increasingly interest as a new form of governance between the market and the hierarchy. In this context, the current research tries to advance in the analysis of long-term relationships efficiency as an area not very explored until now. From a contingent approach, it is proposed a link between the reasons that lead the firms to adopt long-term relationships and the type of efficiency the firms achieve, that is, economic or social efficiency. The empirical analysis has been conducted in the context of the automobile industry, concretely we analyse the relationships between a manufacturer and its suppliers