ContentsIntroduction to the Research Handbook on Buyer-Supplier Relationships 1Beverly Wagner, Liz Breen and Stephen KellyPART I KEY THEMES AND CONSTRUCTS RELATED TO BUYER-SUPPLIER RELATIONSHIPSIntroduction to Part I: key themes and constructs related to buyer-supplierrelationships 5Beverly Wagner, Liz Breen and Stephen Kelly1 Buyer-supplier collaboration and governance 10James Aitken and Rosanna Cole2 Incorporating cultural aspects in buyer-supplier relationships 23Bita Mirzaei and Frederik G.S. Vos3 A business network approach to learning in buyer-supplier relationships 40Poul Houman Andersen and Susanne Åberg4 Approaches to measuring the performance of buyer-supplier relationships 55Daniel Chicksand, Jakob Rehme and Stephen Kelly5 Buyer-supplier relationship development and performance measurement 74Elina Karttunen and Katrina Lintukangas6 Trust matters: exploring the mediating role of trust in the relationshipbetween social capital and physical distribution flexibility 87Suntichai Kotcharin and Pattana Boonchoo7 Legislation and buyer-supplier relationships: the distinctiveness of publicprocurement 108Claire Lindsay and Rosanna Cole8 Lessons learned about supplier relationship management: changing talentrequirements, enhancing risk management capability 121Remko van HoekPART II GLOBAL DIMENSIONS RELATED TO BUYER-SUPPLIERRELATIONSHIPSIntroduction to Part II: global dimensions related to buyer-supplier relationships 135Beverly Wagner, Liz Breen and Stephen Kelly9 Whose risk is it anyway? Decomposing unit of analysis issues in buyer-supplier relationships for ensuring a resilient supply chain 140George A. Zsidisin10 Innovation and the changing nature of buyer-supplier relationships 156David Bamford, Fangyuan Shen, Jas Kalra and Deepak Asokan11 An ecosystem of innovation: the transforming role of digitalisation andsustainability in buyer-supplier relationships 168Benjamin Dehe, Maryam Mirzaei, Jason X. Wang and Lincoln C. Wood12 Buyer-supplier relationships in greening the humanitarian context 184Gyöngyi Kovács and Virva Tuomala13 Managing the supplier sustainability commitment gap - a field study ofRetailer X 196Anne Jensby and Chris Ellegaard14 Development and management of buyer-supplier relationships to promotesustainable supply chains 210Marina Papalexi and Ozlem BakPART III SECTOR-SPECIFIC CHALLENGES FOR BUYER-SUPPLIERRELATIONSHIPSIntroduction to Part III: sector-specific challenges for buyer-supplier relationships 224Beverly Wagner, Liz Breen and Stephen Kelly15 Challenges in researching Logistics Service Provider-shipperrelationships: an environmental perspective 228Maria Huge-Brodin and Uni Sallnäs16 Embracing uncertainty: building resilient buyer-supplier relationships inthe face of wastage in the food supply chain 243Nor Aida Abdul Rahman, Kamran Mahroof and Raja Sreedharan17 Catalysing digital transformation in footwear supply chains: an actionresearch approach 259Iain Reid, Marina Papalexi, Rosie Cripps and Jamie Laird18 Collaboration in charitable surplus food redistribution: a unique supplier-buyer relationship 276Emmanuel Sawyerr and Michael Bourlakis19 The influence of power dynamics on buyer-supplier relationships inpharmaceutical supply chains (PSCs) 298Emilia Vann Yaroson, Jiachen Hou and Liz BreenPART IV FINAL THOUGHTS/REFLECTIONS20 Strategic relationships between buyer and supplier 317Eirini Etoimou21 Sustainable synergies: taking leadership in the future of buyer-supplierrelationships 319Fred Lemke and Kerstin Lemke22 The future of buyer-supplier relationships: some thoughts from researchand practice 327Beverly Wagner, Liz Breen and Stephen Kelly.