ABSTRACT
The purpose of this chapter is to cover issues pertaining to:
Determining the leading sources of productivity within supply chains.
Factors influencing the relative productivity of nations.
The issue of supply chain dominance and the benefits this confers on organisations.
The increasing use of collaboration in place of traditional transactional, often adversarial, organisational relationships.
The risks of organisational collaboration in relation to how this can lead to a loss of key knowledge critical to the organisation’s ongoing success.
Alternative approaches to acquiring new knowledge without reliance upon collaboration.
