Content：Introduction; Supply Contracts(Credit hours: 1); Contracts for Make-to-stock(Credit hours: 2); Contracts for strategic components(Credit hours: 1); Distributor Integration(Credit hours: 1); Contracts for nonstrategic components (Credit hours: 1)
Emphasis：contracts for strategic components; contracts for non-strategic components; long-term contracts; flexible contracts
Objectives：Help students know four types of Contracts, and usage of different types of contracts
Hours：4
Case study：American Tool Works.
Homework：Read the papers in relation to this field?in various Journals（2000-2013）.
International of Production Economics
Supply Chain Management-An International Journal
International Journal of Operations & Production Management
Computer and Industrial Engineering
International Journal of Physical Distribution & Logistics Management
2. Read and compare the methods of?Strategic Alliances?from the followin
