Aspects of Legal and Ethical Liability in International Trade with B2B Customised Products – Industrial Component Sector Experience

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Result on the web

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.13164/trends.2018.32.75" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.13164/trends.2018.32.75</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.13164/trends.2018.32.75" target="_blank" >10.13164/trends.2018.32.75</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Aspects of Legal and Ethical Liability in International Trade with B2B Customised Products – Industrial Component Sector Experience

Original language description

Purpose of the article: There can be seen growing demand for customized solution offers prepared by companies on both B2B and B2C markets. Strong focus on product customization generates legal and ethical business aspects, especially in the international trade. Purpose of this article is company behavior changes mapping and trend identification specifically in international trade within industrial component sector based on performed qualitative research. Methodology/methods: Qualitative research in the form of research case studies was used. There were five companies selected representing variety of industrial component suppliers, both producers and trade companies in different size categories located in several European countries. Research questions were formulated and research results and respective limitations were discussed. Scientific aim: Scientific aim is in observing and describing the actual situation and trends in international trade within industrial component sector with high involvement of the product customization. Important is also multidisciplinary approach of the article covering marketing, trade and legal business issues. Findings: Research results show increasing importance of focus on offering product individualization to customers as a key factor influencing their sustainable competitiveness. Companies also see increased importance of related process optimization as well as customer communication stream line. Conclusions: Based on presented five case studies, there can be seen the trend of increased demand for closer cooperation of the component suppliers to their customers independent to the country of location. Customers are also asking for supplier’s full responsibility for the solution delivered. On the other hand, companies are not yet ready to provide such services in efficient way within actual structure of their distribution channels. In order to confirm those qualitative research results there should be additional quantitative research

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_ost - Miscellaneous article in a specialist periodical

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

50204 - Business and management

Project

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Continuities

S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach

Publication year

2018

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

TRENDY EKONOMIKY A MANAGEMENTU

ISSN

1802-8527

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

12

Issue of the periodical within the volume

32(2)

Country of publishing house

CZ - CZECH REPUBLIC

Number of pages

12

Pages from-to

75-86

UT code for WoS article

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EID of the result in the Scopus database

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