Cooperation in logistics and supply chain management has most often been studied as a characteristic of a focal firm, rather than as a relationship property, and inter-organisational aspects need to be better understood. The purpose of this paper is to draw on insights from theories on individuals and organisations to study recently formed supply chain relationships (SCRs).
The purpose of this paper is to draw on theories on inter-organisational governance with a view to developing a reliable reflective scale for measuring inter-firm cooperation in supply chains for use in logistics management research.
The paper aims to explore the effects of geographic proximity among firms in value networks on service provision and service exchange.