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  • Open Access
17 Citations
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Collaborative Interorganizational Relationships in a Project-Based Industry

  • Ahmed Khouja,
  • Nadia Lehoux,
  • Yan Cimon and
  • Caroline Cloutier

25 October 2021

The project-based construction industry finds itself in a paradoxical situation: while it weighs heavily in the world economy, it does have a history of low productivity. One important issue that plagues the industry is related to the challenges that...

(This article belongs to the Section Construction Management, and Computers & Digitization)
  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
4,130 Views
13 Pages

9 February 2024

This study examined the experiences of working in collaborative relationships while conducting inclusive research involving persons with intellectual disabilities. More specifically, the study explored work relationships, social relationships, and fa...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Inclusive Research: Is the Road More or Less Well Travelled?—2nd Edition)
  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
3,781 Views
23 Pages

14 March 2022

With the transformation of the knowledge production model, the research system of educational research is becoming more extensive, and academic collaboration has become an important productive method of promoting the sustainable development of educat...

(This article belongs to the Section Sustainable Education and Approaches)
  • Article
  • Open Access
17 Citations
3,690 Views
31 Pages

27 March 2025

This study aimed to identify patterns of sustainability engagement based on circular economy (CE) strategy implementation, CE-oriented collaborative relationships, and environmental, social, and governance (ESG) performance, as well as to investigate...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Sustainable Supply Chains: A Catalyst for Global Development)
  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
3,134 Views
19 Pages

21 January 2022

Intangible cultural heritage (ICH) is a keystone of sustainable development which, in recent years, has received growing attention from scholars and governments. Previous studies on ICH collaborative protection have focused on ICH connotations and pr...

(This article belongs to the Section Tourism, Culture, and Heritage)
  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
3,825 Views
19 Pages

Antecedents of Relationship Learning in Business-Non-Profit Organization Collaboration Agreements

  • María Jesús Barroso-Méndez,
  • Clementina Galera-Casquet,
  • Víctor Valero-Amaro and
  • María Teresa Nevado-Gil

29 December 2019

The literature has highlighted that relationship learning constitutes a value creation pathway in business and non-profit collaborations. However, this process has not been studied in detail. The main objective of this study was to carry out an in-de...

(This article belongs to the Section Economic and Business Aspects of Sustainability)
  • Article
  • Open Access
860 Views
27 Pages

10 July 2026

As firms increasingly rely on external partnerships to navigate complex and volatile environments, understanding the distinct pathways through which such collaborations may relate to resilience has become essential. However, despite growing interest...

(This article belongs to the Section Economic and Business Aspects of Sustainability)
  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
5,173 Views
19 Pages

15 June 2021

This study explores the collaboration between upstream manufacturer brands and first-line retailers in Taiwan’s 3C product market, which is influenced by several factors. Both parties are motivated by profit and thus, strive for mutual cooperation in...

(This article belongs to the Collection Tools, Approaches and Modeling in Sustainable Supply Chain Management)
  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,900 Views
26 Pages

The coastal zone is an area where terrestrial and marine ecosystems intersect. This region may be subject to outstanding environmental issues, as influenced by many stakeholders. Based on the framework of collaborative governance, the starting condit...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Wastewater Pollution and Control)
  • Article
  • Open Access
64 Citations
24,694 Views
23 Pages

24 September 2020

Partnerships are positioned as critical for the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals and the United Nations transformational agenda for 2030. The widespread use of terms such as ‘collaboration’, ‘partnership’ and &...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Partnerships for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs))
  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
6,684 Views
41 Pages

17 January 2022

In this era of digital transformation, when the amount of scholarly literature is rapidly growing, hundreds of papers are published online daily with regard to different fields, especially in relation to academic subjects. Therefore, it difficult to...

(This article belongs to the Section Computing and Artificial Intelligence)
  • Article
  • Open Access
47 Citations
8,527 Views
16 Pages

Management Strategies and Collaborative Relationships for Sustainability in the Agrifood Supply Chain

  • Juan Carlos Pérez-Mesa,
  • Laura Piedra-Muñoz,
  • Emilio Galdeano-Gómez and
  • Cynthia Giagnocavo

14 January 2021

The present article proposes a complete framework for supply chain strategy (SCS) analysis that is adapted to the specific characteristics of the agrifood chain, thereby facilitating the management of the former. As a specific case of analysis, the h...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Collaborative Strategies for Sustainable Agri-Food Supply Systems of the Future)
  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
7,770 Views
10 Pages

Similar to other professions, pharmacy educators use workplace learning opportunities to prepare students for collaborative practice. Thus, collaborative relationships between educators of different professions are important for planning, implementin...

  • Article
  • Open Access
419 Views
29 Pages

11 June 2026

This study develops a game-theoretic framework to analyze collaborative advertising decisions between manufacturers and retailers in seasonal product supply chains characterized by competitive–cooperative channel relationships. We formulate a m...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Optimization and Mathematical Modelling in Transport and Logistics Network)
  • Article
  • Open Access
54 Citations
9,439 Views
25 Pages

Advancing Collaborative Water Governance: Unravelling Stakeholders’ Relationships and Influences in Contentious River Basins

  • Rodrigo Rojas,
  • Gabriella Bennison,
  • Victor Gálvez,
  • Edmundo Claro and
  • Gabriel Castelblanco

26 November 2020

Collaborative water governance (CWG) has emerged as a promising framework to tackle water management challenges. Simple identification of participants however is not enough to unravel the intricacies of stakeholders’ interlinkages, roles and in...

(This article belongs to the Section Water Resources Management, Policy and Governance)
  • Article
  • Open Access
229 Views
36 Pages

Hybrid SEM–ANN Reveals Nonlinear Mechanisms in Multidimensional Supply Chain Collaboration

  • Abdelsalam Adam Hamid,
  • Emad Aldeen Essa Eshag,
  • Nuseiba Azzam Ibrahim Yousif,
  • Bremananth Ramachandran and
  • Nor Aida Abdul Rahman

20 October 2026

Background: Collaborative logistics strategies are vital in today’s business world, where logistics factors play a fundamental role in achieving success and sustainability. This study aims to use a hybrid SEM–ANN approach to reveal nonlin...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
18 Citations
5,885 Views
25 Pages

In the project-based construction industry, organizations build collaborative relationships through specific projects. The owners and contractors who are the key project stakeholders have gradually formed a complex project-based industry-level collab...

(This article belongs to the Topic Advances in Construction and Project Management)
  • Editorial
  • Open Access
24 Citations
16,333 Views
9 Pages

11 August 2020

In all spheres of life, relationships among public and private organizations are built in order to deal with complex societal problems and to address economic challenges that cannot be dealt with by single organizations [...]

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Dynamics of Interorganisational Collaborative Relationships)
  • Review
  • Open Access
20 Citations
11,946 Views
22 Pages

Exploiting Inter-Organizational Relationships in Health Care: A Bibliometric Analysis and Literature Review

  • Rocco Palumbo,
  • Mohammad Fakhar Manesh,
  • Massimiliano M. Pellegrini and
  • Giulia Flamini

12 August 2020

Inter-organizational relationships are high on the health policy agenda. Scholars and practitioners have provided heterogeneous views about the triggers of collaborative practices and the success factors that underpin the sustainability of inter-orga...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,752 Views
17 Pages

29 December 2025

Construction projects play a pivotal role in social development, influencing rural and urban communities through their execution and management. The complexity of these projects necessitates effective collaboration among diverse stakeholders to achie...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue The Impact of Construction Projects and Project Management on Society)
  • Article
  • Open Access
23 Citations
10,150 Views
18 Pages

22 April 2024

This study aims to explore the significance of trust among companies within the supply chain and investigate its effect on collaborative supply chain risk management. In the current uncertain business environment, it is crucial for companies to estab...

  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
3,639 Views
20 Pages

24 June 2020

Collaboration efficiency is of primary importance in software development. It is widely recognized that choosing suitable developers is an efficient and effective practice for improving the efficiency of software development and collaboration. Recomm...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Recommender Systems and Collaborative Filtering)
  • Review
  • Open Access
11 Citations
9,463 Views
11 Pages

12 December 2024

This scoping literature review explores parent interactions with teachers and school environments at the middle level, particularly how parents and teachers perceive middle school environments and parent–teacher relationships, the strategies th...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Moving Forward: Research to Guide Middle Level Education)
  • Article
  • Open Access
45 Citations
14,269 Views
44 Pages

13 May 2014

Under third-party power intervention (TPPI), which increases uncertainty in task environments, complex channel power interplays and restructuring are indispensable among green supply chain members as they move toward sustainable collaborative relati...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Sustainability in Fashion Business Operations)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
3,975 Views
16 Pages

9 January 2024

This study conceptualises the extent of supply chain collaboration in the oil and gas (O&G) sector using the evidence from the literature and the primary data collected from supply chain practitioners across various companies in the UK O&G se...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Sustainable Development Goals and Circular Economic)
  • Review
  • Open Access
23 Citations
17,387 Views
25 Pages

28 October 2021

Managing a business-to-business (B2B) supply chain relationship is an endless challenge. Many recent systematic literature review studies have discussed supply chain relationships from various perspectives. However, a comprehensive analysis, summaris...

  • Article
  • Open Access
123 Views
17 Pages

3 November 2026

Elementary school entry is one of the earliest and most significant educational transitions, yet research has largely reduced it to a matter of school readiness and adaptation. This qualitative study implemented a play-based activity to support five-...

(This article belongs to the Section Educational Psychology)
  • Article
  • Open Access
19 Citations
5,761 Views
17 Pages

13 October 2018

The growing importance of participatory and collaborative approaches in resource management has resulted in an increased emphasis on identifying the complex relationships between natural national parks and neighboring rural communities. Given the lim...

(This article belongs to the Section Tourism, Culture, and Heritage)
  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
4,992 Views
14 Pages

Establishing Intergenerational Relationships in Unlikely Collaborative Educational Contexts

  • Pedro Moreno Abellán,
  • Silvia Martínez de Miguel López and
  • Juan Antonio Salmerón Aroca

25 February 2022

This work presents a project called “ESium Project”, whose main objective is to create new spaces for social participation and a relationship between two different age groups: the young Social Education students and the elderly. It has a...

  • Article
  • Open Access
17 Citations
4,358 Views
17 Pages

Clarifying the symbiotic relationship between national fitness and the sports industry has important theoretical and practical significance for the collaborative development of the two. In order to measure and verify the symbiotic relationship betwee...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
3,788 Views
17 Pages

30 December 2023

Environmental e-commerce is a sustainability-oriented e-commerce model. To address the problem of data sparsity and the lack of diversity in traditional e-commerce recommendation algorithms, a new collaborative filtering recommendation algorithm base...

(This article belongs to the Section Economic and Business Aspects of Sustainability)
  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
4,615 Views
16 Pages

Extensive research results in inconsistent findings regarding the advantages and risks of exchanging management control information in collaborative relationships between buyers and suppliers. This inconsistency is due, in part, to ignoring whether t...

(This article belongs to the Section Sustainability and Finance)
  • Article
  • Open Access
891 Views
21 Pages

Teacher job satisfaction is a key component of teacher well-being and educational quality, particularly in early childhood education settings. This study examined how different dimensions of job satisfaction are associated with individual factors (so...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Collaborative and Resilience-Oriented Practices and Teacher Wellbeing)
  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
4,519 Views
13 Pages

25 November 2021

The College of Health, Psychology, and Social Care at the University of Derby has transformed its Interprofessional Education (IPE) offer from a top-down standalone event into a five-year strategy designed and delivered in genuine collaboration with...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Educating Informal Educators)
  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
7,965 Views
29 Pages

The Complexity of Skeletal Transverse Dimension: From Diagnosis, Management, and Treatment Strategies to the Application of Collaborative Cross (CC) Mouse Model

  • Nezar Watted,
  • Iqbal M. Lone,
  • Kareem Midlej,
  • Osayd Zohud and ,
  • Obaida Awadi,
  • Samir Masarwa,
  • Ali Watted,
  • Eva Paddenberg,
  • Sebastian Krohn and
  • Fuad A. Iraqi
  • + 7 authors+ 2 authors

This study investigates the significance of skeletal transverse dimension (STD) in orthodontic therapy and its impact on occlusal relationships. The primary goal is to enhance understanding and promote the integration of transverse skeletal diagnosti...

(This article belongs to the Section Functional Anatomy and Musculoskeletal System)
  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
4,155 Views
18 Pages

Key Drivers of the Engagement of Farmers in Social Innovation for Marginalised Rural Areas

  • Antonio Baselice,
  • Mariarosaria Lombardi,
  • Maurizio Prosperi,
  • Antonio Stasi and
  • Antonio Lopolito

28 July 2021

The European Union promotes social innovation (SI) initiatives for the support of marginalised rural areas through rural and sustainable development policies. These are based on the engagement of local actors and the strengthening of their mutual rel...

(This article belongs to the Section Sustainability in Geographic Science)
  • Article
  • Open Access
44 Citations
13,644 Views
28 Pages

9 March 2019

The paper aims to analyse how the management science literature explains sustainable coordination and management of Information Technology (IT) outsourcing chains. The IT outsourcing theories,—that is, transaction cost theory, theory of agency,...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
3,180 Views
27 Pages

An Integrated Application of Motion Sensing and Eye Movement Tracking Techniques in Perceiving User Behaviors in a Large Display Interaction

  • Xiaolong Lou,
  • Lili Fu,
  • Xuanbai Song,
  • Mengzhen Ma and ,
  • Preben Hansen,
  • Yaqin Zhao and
  • Yujie Duan
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

6 January 2023

In public use of a large display, it is a usual phenomenon that multiple users individually participate in respective tasks on a common device. Previous studies have categorized such activity as independent interaction that involves little group enga...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Smart Machines: Applications and Advances in Human Motion Analysis)
  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
3,569 Views
12 Pages

18 August 2021

Even though the availability of skilled labour and technological know-how is critical to the sustainability of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), the relationships between industry and the vocational education system have received little atte...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Competitiveness of SMEs)
  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
5,594 Views
19 Pages

22 March 2021

When the Chinese government proposed the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI)in 2015, Hong Kong was positioned as a “super-connector” responsible for bridging the mainland and global markets and was planned to integrate into the Guangdong–Hong Kong–Macau G...

(This article belongs to the Section Sustainable Engineering and Science)
  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
5,808 Views
24 Pages

8 July 2022

How to combine science and technology with the humanities in the research on ancient cities to reveal ancient peoples’ urban planning thoughts is worthy of in-depth study. The capitals of the Western Han dynasty as well as the Sui and Tang dyna...

(This article belongs to the Section Environmental Remote Sensing)
  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
3,962 Views
37 Pages

12 January 2025

The application of circular strategies in the architecture, engineering, construction, and operations (AECO) sector has been extensively researched, demonstrating the significance of technical approaches. However, research also focuses on the organiz...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue A Circular Economy for a Cleaner Built Environment)
  • Article
  • Open Access
432 Views
21 Pages

9 September 2026

Teacher professional learning increasingly depends on situated collaborative practices that emerge in the everyday work of schools. In educational contexts characterized by diverse career paths and the coexistence of different generations of teachers...

  • Article
  • Open Access
127 Citations
9,588 Views
20 Pages

28 November 2018

The concept of social sustainability is gaining attention within the field of supply chain relationships and international business. There are conflicting arguments regarding the effectiveness of contract governance and collaboration in an interfirm...

(This article belongs to the Section Economic and Business Aspects of Sustainability)
  • Article
  • Open Access
21 Citations
6,601 Views
24 Pages

Trust Relationship with Suppliers, Collaborative Action, and Manufacturer Resilience in the COVID-19 Crisis

  • Jianhua Yang,
  • Yuying Liu and
  • Moustafa Mohamed Nazief Haggag Kotb Kholaif

30 December 2022

Frequent emergencies highlight the importance of corporate resilience, and relationship governance behaviors have received much attention for improving firms’ resilience. This study uses structural equation modeling to test hypotheses based on...

(This article belongs to the Section Organizational Behaviors)
  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
4,450 Views
19 Pages

16 October 2018

This paper aims to reveal the relationship between cooperation, trust, and sustainability, and to uncover whether cooperation, trust, and sustainability is nested within collaboration in shipper–shipping company relationships. Structural equati...

(This article belongs to the Section Economic and Business Aspects of Sustainability)
  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
2,874 Views
17 Pages

4 November 2022

The Belt and Road Initiative, proposed by the Chinese government in 2013, has exerted great influence, not only on geopolitics and the economy but also on scientific research. This paper investigates the relationship between scientific collaboration...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
4,869 Views
18 Pages

13 February 2022

The purpose of this study was to analyze the mediating and combined effects of trust and satisfaction in a collaborative activity, while considering the effects of the performance of innovation in an Industry–Public Research Institute (I–PRI) collabo...

(This article belongs to the Section Economic and Business Aspects of Sustainability)
  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
3,818 Views
14 Pages

Effect of Relationship Quality in Collaboration and Innovation of Agricultural Service Supply Chain under Omni-Channel Model

  • Baojun Yang,
  • Bo Yuan,
  • Ning Yang,
  • Yan Liu and ,
  • Ruiqi Jia,
  • Yongyan Wang,
  • Ting Miao,
  • Jianxu Liu and
  • Songsak Sriboonchitta
  • + 4 authors+ 0 author

17 November 2022

The goal of this study is to investigate the regulation effect of relationship quality in the process of the omni-channel (OC) model on service supply chain (SSC) collaboration of agricultural products. Furthermore, it is also to explore the intermed...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Productivity, Efficiency and Sustainability Challenges in Developing High Value and/or High Quality Agriculture in Developing Economies)
  • Article
  • Open Access
58 Citations
9,237 Views
14 Pages

Assessing the Relationship between Cognitive Workload, Workstation Design, User Acceptance and Trust in Collaborative Robots

  • Tommaso Panchetti,
  • Luca Pietrantoni,
  • Gabriele Puzzo,
  • Luca Gualtieri and
  • Federico Fraboni

29 January 2023

Collaborative robots are revolutionising the manufacturing industry and the way workers perform their tasks. When designing shared workspaces between robots and humans, human factors and ergonomics are often overlooked. This study assessed the relati...

(This article belongs to the Section Robotics and Automation)

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