Electronic alliances and the (para)pharmaceutical supply chain: Identification of risks

Leopoulos, V; Kirytopoulos, K; Voulgaridou, D

dc.contributor.author	Leopoulos, V	en
dc.contributor.author	Kirytopoulos, K	en
dc.contributor.author	Voulgaridou, D	en
dc.date.accessioned	2014-03-01T01:55:24Z
dc.date.available	2014-03-01T01:55:24Z
dc.date.issued	2006	en
dc.identifier.issn	11092777	en
dc.identifier.uri	https://dspace.lib.ntua.gr/xmlui/handle/123456789/27714
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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	Administrative data processing	en
dc.subject.other	Drug products plants	en
dc.subject.other	Electronic data interchange	en
dc.subject.other	Information technology	en
dc.subject.other	Marketing	en
dc.subject.other	Mathematical models	en
dc.subject.other	Production control	en
dc.subject.other	Risk management	en
dc.subject.other	Electronic alliances	en
dc.subject.other	Para-pharmaceutical industry	en
dc.subject.other	Pharmaceutical supply chain	en
dc.subject.other	Risk identification	en
dc.subject.other	Electronic commerce	en
dc.title	Electronic alliances and the (para)pharmaceutical supply chain: Identification of risks	en
heal.type	journalArticle	en
heal.publicationDate	2006	en
heal.abstract	The Greek (para)pharmaceutical supply chain has lately been worried about forthcoming changes in the legislation. Moreover, big international production companies are ready to ""intrude"" in the market by the moment that the changes will get into force. Greek production companies, mainly SMEs, do not have an option other than developing defensive strategies in order to avoid great losses. These defensive strategies have been identified as electronic alliances among the 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. 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	1	en
dc.identifier.spage	279	en
dc.identifier.epage	284	en