The internationalization of retailing: implications for supply network restructuring in East Asia and Eastern Europe
探讨了过去15年零售跨国公司的快速国际化如何影响东亚和东欧的供应链网络结构，识别出采购集中化、物流升级等五种重组动态，并指出这些过程正导致供应基础洗牌，有利于大型资本充足的供应商。
This paper explores the implications of the rapid internationalization of a small cadre of retail transnational corporations over the last 15 years for supply network structures in a range of economies in Eastern Europe and East Asia. Five sets of ongoing restructuring dynamics are identified: the centralization of procurement, logistical upgrading, supply network shortening and new intermediaries, the imposition of quasi-formal contracts, and the development of private standards. It is suggested that these processes are leading to an ongoing ‘shakeout’ of the supply base that is favouring relatively large, well-capitalized suppliers.