Cooperation In Procurement Research Articles

One step further for procurement cooperation: Will the industry leader benefit from its competitive manufacturer's joint determination of consumption quality?

In practice, consumption quality refers to “production quality + category image”, where the former is determined by a contract manufacturer (CM) and the latter is promoted by an industry leader. In this paper, we explore whether the industry leader should cooperate with the CM deeply by pooling their component procurement orders when the CM sells its self-branded products with the same consumption quality as the industry leader's. We find that there are two driving forces that shape the industry leader's procurement cooperation decisions: (1) The supplier's pricing power can be constrained under procurement cooperation, resulting in profit foci coordination between the industry leader and the CM, while (2) the industry leader's brand advantage can be either a positive or a negative driving force in its preference of procurement cooperation. We identify an interesting zone with respect to the industry leader's brand advantage in which the industry leader, the CM, and the supplier are better off without procurement cooperation. We further show the robustness of our main results by considering the impact of partial spillover in category image promotion and varying investment coefficients.

The GFA Experiment is Used to Plan the Storage Center in Liaoning Province

The competition among enterprises is reflected by sales and market share, so the procurement cooperation before production will not cause any damage to their own advantages. This paper analyzes the form and significance of alliance Procurement Based on Wal Mart and Carrefour alliance procurement, and uses anylogisticple software used in the training course to analyze various data, The number of virtual customers is arranged to analyze and locate the alliance procurement center.

Public support for European cooperation in the procurement, stockpiling and distribution of medicines.

BackgroundThe COVID-19 outbreak has heightened ongoing political debate about the international joint procurement of medicines and medical countermeasures. The European Union (EU) has developed what remains largely contractual and decentralized international procurement cooperation. The corona crisis has broadened and deepened public debate on such cooperation, in particular on the scope of cooperation, solidarity in the allocation of such cooperation, and delegation of cooperative decision-making. Crucial to political debate about these issues are public attitudes that constrain and undergird international cooperation.MethodsOur survey includes a randomized survey experiment (conjoint analysis) on a representative sample in five European countries in March 2020, informed by legal and policy debate on medical cooperation. Respondents choose and rate policy packages containing randomized mixes of policy attributes with respect to the scope of medicines covered, the solidarity in conferring priority access and the level of delegation.ResultsIn all country populations surveyed, the experiment reveals considerable popular support for European cooperation. Significant majorities preferred cooperation packages with greater rather than less scope of medicines regulated; with priority given to most in-need countries; and with delegation to EU-level rather than national expertise.ConclusionJoint procurement raises delicate questions with regard to its scope, the inclusion of cross-border solidarity and the delegation of decision-making, that explain reluctance toward joint procurement among political decision-makers. This research shows that there is considerable public support across different countries in favor of centralization, i.e. a large scope and solidarity in the allocation and delegation of decision-making.

DEVELOPMENT COLLABORATION INTER-LIBRARY COLLECTION IN UNIVERSITY

<p>This paper attempts to describe descriptively about the Collaboration Development between Inter-Library Collections in Higher Education, the benefits and obstacles that occur. The method used is a literature review method in which this method contains references related to the discussion contained in this scientific work, in order to obtain theoretical information sourced from reading material such as books, national journals or other internal sources that can support the writing of works. this scientific. The purpose of this scientific work is to know descriptively about the process of collaboration in the development of collections between college libraries, then the benefits obtained as well as the obstacles that might occur and of course will be reading material for writers and readers. The conclusion in this paper is that the diversity of information needs and the limitation of human resources make none of the information provider institutions including libraries that are able to meet all of the information needs of their users. then the abundance of data and information in the current era makes the library a center for information services to provide the widest possible access to information to the public. this requires that libraries that act as information providers for both the academic community and outside, need collaboration between libraries. The cooperation that can be carried out includes cooperation in procurement, management, storage and lending between libraries. As we are united, we are firm, our divorce collapses. This means that there are responsibilities that are shared together and there are benefits that will be shared together.</p>

Nordic Armaments Co-operation Savings Potential

Abstract The purpose of this paper is to estimate the potential cost savings of Nordic defence co-operation, which is frequently given as one of the arguments in its favour by politicians. Theoretical grounds for savings in co-operation such as economies of scale are reviewed in both the business and defence contexts. Then the potential cost savings in the future acquisition plans are studied through comparing countries’ plans and in maintenance through assessing the commonality of current military equipment. Comparison of public defence purchasing plans reveals that the opportunities for procurement co-operation are limited as Nordic countries are planning to acquire mainly different equipment. Due to differences in current military equipment, the savings opportunities in maintenance are likewise limited other than in the land vehicles’ sector. As currently practiced, Nordic defence co-operation seems not to offer any savings potential that could make a difference at the overall military budget level. The independent assessment of this article is based on publicly available data, which limits both the scope and details of the results.

The European Procurement Directives and The Transatlantic Trade & Investment Partnership (T-Tip): Advancing U.S. - European Trade and Cooperation in Procurement

Regulatory efforts on both sides of the Atlantic, in anti-corruption and procurement, are become more interdependent, as the two systems, U.S. and European, evolve in parallel. That convergence continued as the European Union finalized its new directives on procurement, and the United States and Europe moved forward in negotiating a comprehensive free trade agreement, the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (T-TIP), which would (among other things) address barriers to trade in procurement. This piece reviews the T-TIP agreement’s potential impact on procurement, in the near and long term. The European T-TIP negotiators are likely to demand greater access to sub-central (state) procurement markets, in return for reducing barriers to European markets, such as in agriculture. In the longer term, the T-TIP negotiations may well lead to a formalized process for addressing regulatory barriers to trade, including – potentially – barriers raised by procurement regulations. This piece (delivered in February 2014, at the Thomson Reuters Government Contracts Year in Review conference, Washington, D.C.) discusses what were then the pending European procurement directives, focusing, especially, on the “classical” procurement directive, rather than on the proposed directives governing concessions or utilities. The piece reviews some of the more important elements of the draft European procurement directive, assesses whether those elements may have discriminatory impacts on U.S. exporters, and asks whether those discriminatory effects could be mitigated by better cooperation between regulators on either side of the Atlantic.

DD-009 The important role of the hospital pharmacist in the Norwegian drug tendering process

BackgroundThe overall expenditure on pharmaceuticals in hospitals is rising. It is important to use tendering processes to obtain lower prices. At the same time, drug shortages are an increasing challenge...

Drug procurement cooperation (LIS) – Norwegian tender system to reduce cost of expensive medicines

Drug procurement cooperation (LIS) – Norwegian tender system to reduce cost of expensive medicines

Nina L. Etkin: Foods of association: biocultural perspectives on foods and beverages that mediate sociability

Fischler (1988) noted that since ‘‘Food makes the eater: it is therefore natural that the eater should try to make himself by eating’’ (p 282). Etkin’s book Foods of Association addresses, from a holistic, biocultural perspective, the questions that surround how food defines personal and cultural identity and how humans ‘‘make’’ themselves by eating. Foods of Association provides a broad examination of the ways foods contribute both physiologically and socially to human well-being. The book is well written, and despite the nuanced theoretical approach, easy to read and thus accessible to academic and non-academic audiences alike. This book could make an interesting contribution to course material (covering a diverse range of current topics) or simply entertain readers from a wide range of disciplines. Etkin leads her reader from one interesting fact to the next, making this book as much a pleasure to read as her previous work. Her writing is concise yet uniquely able to draw broad conceptual links that are relevant to many disciplines. In addition to laying out the sociological and anthropological theoretical frameworks of the book, the introductory chapter covers a range of topics such as: sociological theories behind food sharing; social aspects of foraging and food procurement (including inter-species food procurement cooperation); early human diets and modern interest in a ‘‘paleo-diet’’; food taboos; the impact of agriculture on food-sharing; the Slow Food movement, heritage and heirloom seeds, and organic food; vegetarianism; and the power and politics of the dairy industry. Etkin’s descriptions, for example, of inter-species cooperation for food procurement (including many lesser known species with whom humans cooperate, such as honey-guide birds, cormorants and otters), are as scientifically rigorous as they are richly described. In Chapter 2 (‘‘The Imperial Roots of European Foodways’’), Etkin covers spices and beverages that were transported around the world during the European colonial era. Drawing on work by Mintz (1985) and others, the chapter includes a focus on sugar, not always seen in ethnobotanical works on the period (e.g. Simpson 1995; Hobhouse 2003). In Chapter 3, which covers street foods, Etkin notes that: ‘‘The concept of cooking and serving food from portable containers is ubiquitous and integral to the evolution of cuisines world wide’’ (p 90). She describes the important place of street foods in Hawaiian food culture, even touching on the history and role of SPAM (a type of canned meat) in Hawaiian street food and food culture. In the Hawaiian context, Etkin notes that street foods acted to connect plantation workers who were ethnically diverse, but shared a similar socio-economic status, whereas in New York and other ‘‘mixed-ethnicity neighborhoods [street foods] publicize and further cement identity in the diaspora’’ (p 123). While many of the sections in Chapter 4, Foods and Beverages of Occasion, Circumstance and Ceremony, draw from Etkin’s work with the Hausa in Nigeria, this chapter touches on an amazing diversity of cultures—representing a truly global perspective. Although the topic of the final chapter—bottled water— is seemingly somewhat divergent from other chapters, the stylistic consistency of Etkin’s writing seamlessly connects the chapters. Chapter 5 covers a diverse range of related topics, such as the use of water in healing, landscaping and architecture; well-worship and water at sites of pilgrimage and healing; and hydrotherapy. On the topic of drinking water Etkin concludes, ‘‘Today, issues of image and identity B. Powell (&) Center for International Forestry Research, Jalan CIFOR, Sindangbarang, Bogor 16000, Indonesia e-mail: b.powell@cgiar.org

Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this article: Europäische Defizite, Europäische Perspektiven ‐ eine Bestandsaufnahme für Morgen: Strategien und Optionen für die Zukunft Europas, Grundlagen I, edited by Werner Weidenfeld The European Community and the Management of International Co‐operation, by Leon Hurwitz Interventions publiques et droit communautaire (sous la direction de Jacqueline Dutheil de la Rochere et Jacques Vandamme) A Widening Atlantic? Domestic Change and Foreign Policy, by Ralf Dahrendorf and Theodore C. Sorensen The United States and Germany: a Vital Partnership, by Arthur F. Burns (Foreword by Helmut Schmidt) L'Europe de la santé: hasard et/ou nécessité? Massart‐Pierard F, Academia, Louvain‐la‐Neuve The European Armaments Market and Procurement Cooperation, edited by Pauline Creasey and Simon May Contemporary France: A Review of Interdisciplinary Studies, Volume Two, edited by Jolyon Howorth and George Ross Growth and Territorial Politics: The Italian Model of Social Capitalism, by R. Y. Nanetti Italian Politics: A Review, Volume 2, Edited by Raffaella Nanetti, Robert Leonardi and Piergiorgio Corbetta The Italian Multinationals, Edited by Fabrizio Onida and Gianfranco Viesti

The military-civilian nuclear link: a guide to the French nuclear industry and The European armaments market and procurement cooperation

Journal Article The military-civilian nuclear link: a guide to the French nuclear industry and The European armaments market and procurement cooperation Get access The military-civilian nuclear link: a guide to the French nuclear industry. By Mary D. Davis. Boulder, CO, London: Westview. 1988. 173pp. Index. ISBN 0 8133 7501 0.The European armaments market and procurement cooperation. Edited by Pauline Creaseyand Simon May. London: Macmillan. 1988. 201pp. Index. ISBN 0 333 45905 9. William Walker William Walker 1University of Sussex Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar International Affairs, Volume 65, Issue 2, Spring 1989, Pages 348–349, https://doi.org/10.2307/2622124 Published: 01 April 1989