Transition of Buyer-Supplier Relationships in Japan : Empirical Evidence from Manufacturing Companies
Transition of Buyer-Supplier Relationships in Japan : Empirical Evidence from Manufacturing Companies
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日本供需关系的转变：来自制造企业的经验证据
DOI：
10.1108/jaoc-07-2011-0033
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发表时间：
2013
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通讯作者：
Nobumasa Shimizu
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作者：
Takaharu Kawai;Junya Sakaguchi;Nobumasa Shimizu
目的-本论文旨在描述2000年代初日本企业之间的买方-供应商关系的变化，重点关注两个关键特征：长期关系和信息共享。设计/方法/途径--本文在以往日本企业相关研究的基础上，编制了问卷，对353家日本制造企业进行了问卷调查。（机械、电气/电子、运输设备和精密工业）。调查结果-虽然日本企业被认为与合作伙伴关系密切，该文件发现，只有一小部分买方愿意与供应商分享敏感信息，并/或希望与供应商保持长期关系。此外，对与买方业绩有关的因素的审查表明，从组织间信息共享活动中获益（参加供应商会议，派遣工程师到供应商，和提出节省成本的想法）可能会影响买方的激励，以维持与他们的供应商的长期关系。独创性/价值-该文件提供了经验证据的性质不断变化的买方-日本制造企业的供应商关系。具体而言，本研究的主要贡献是提供实证证据表明，从买方供应商关系的利益对这些关系的治理结构的影响。
Purpose– The paper aims to describe the changes in buyer-supplier relationships among Japanese companies at the early 2000s, focusing on two critical features; long-term relationships and information sharing. In particular, the paper investigates the relationship between benefits from information-sharing activities within buyer-supplier relationships and the stability of these relationships.Design/methodology/approach– The paper develops a questionnaire based on prior research related to Japanese companies and undertakes a questionnaire survey of 353 Japanese manufacturing companies (which belong to the machinery, electrical/electronics, transportation equipment, and precision industries) in 2002.Findings– Although Japanese companies have been considered to have close relationships with their partners, the paper finds only a small proportion of buyers were willing to share sensitive information with their suppliers and/or expected to continue long-term relationships with them. In addition, an examination of factors relating to buyers' performance shows that receiving benefits from inter-organizational information-sharing activities (attending suppliers' meetings, sending engineers to suppliers, and proposing cost saving ideas) could affect buyers' incentives to sustain long-term relationships with their suppliers.Originality/value– The paper provides empirical evidence of the changing nature of the buyer-supplier relationship in Japanese manufacturing companies. Specifically, the main contribution of this research is to provide empirical evidence indicating that the benefit from buyer-supplier relationships has an effect on the governance structure of these relationships.