A framework to incorporate risk management in developing e-business alliances in the (para)pharmaceutical industry

Kirytopoulos, K; Voulgaridou, D

dc.contributor.author	Kirytopoulos, K	en
dc.contributor.author	Voulgaridou, D	en
dc.date.accessioned	2014-03-01T01:55:19Z
dc.date.available	2014-03-01T01:55:19Z
dc.date.issued	2006	en
dc.identifier.issn	11092777	en
dc.identifier.uri	https://dspace.lib.ntua.gr/xmlui/handle/123456789/27688
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dc.subject	(Para)pharmaceutical Industry	en
dc.subject	E-alliances	en
dc.subject	E-business	en
dc.subject	E-marketplace	en
dc.subject	Risk Identification	en
dc.subject.other	Drug products	en
dc.subject.other	Electronic commerce	en
dc.subject.other	Enterprise resource planning	en
dc.subject.other	Industrial economics	en
dc.subject.other	Marketing	en
dc.subject.other	Risk management	en
dc.subject.other	Virtual corporation	en
dc.subject.other	E-alliances	en
dc.subject.other	E-business	en
dc.subject.other	E-marketplace	en
dc.subject.other	Pharmaceutical industry	en
dc.subject.other	Risk identification	en
dc.subject.other	Management information systems	en
dc.title	A framework to incorporate risk management in developing e-business alliances in the (para)pharmaceutical industry	en
heal.type	journalArticle	en
heal.publicationDate	2006	en
heal.abstract	Lately, large international production companies have made their appearance in the Greek (para)pharmaceutical industry. These companies, using economies of scale, may offer same quality products at lower prices. This forthcoming threat forced local production companies to seek defensive strategies in order to avoid great losses. These defensive strategies have been identified as electronic alliances between all these companies threatened by the advent of international big firms. However, electronic alliances cannot be easily formed and failing to efficiently establish an electronic alliance may lead to even greater problems than those which the alliance is supposed to solve. The paper describes the para-pharmaceutical supply chain and offers a research on the threats and opportunities that may affect the proposed e-alliance model. The main result is the list of the aforementioned risks that should be taken into account during the development of an electronic alliance In addition, in order to mitigate the harmful effects that hidden threats could cause, a framework for the development of such alliances is proposed. This framework serves as a starting point to develop electronic alliances and authors strongly believe that when partners do not adopt the considerations presented in the paper, alliances may have a slim chance to succeed. The Greek para-pharmaceutical industry was selected as a case study since, despite potential opportunities, no major penetration of e-business has been observed in that sector.	en
heal.journalName	WSEAS Transactions on Systems	en
dc.identifier.volume	5	en
dc.identifier.issue	3	en
dc.identifier.spage	473	en
dc.identifier.epage	479	en