In comparison, relationships between US firms and universities are more vertical supply chain-linked as the latter are considered as one of the many suppliers of technologies (Huggins et al. 2011).
EBay presents some intriguing challenges for any supplier of technology.
Mitsubishi was supposedly a crucial piece of the old strategy, not least as a supplier of technology for Daimler's global car designs.
In 1995 he became the chairman and chief executive officer of the Halliburton Company, a supplier of technology and services to the oil and gas industries.
That opens the door, analysts say, to I.B.M., which ruled the mainframe era, in potentially achieving a dominant position as a supplier of technology for computer games.
For I.B.M., the world's largest supplier of technology services, moving up to more sophisticated work is not the only step in its strategy to address the rising global competition.
On a more personal note, my next-door neighbor and another engineer across the street from me work for Schlumberger, the world's largest supplier of technology and services to the drilling companies.
Yet Mr. Gerstner, the chairman and chief executive, has decided that what the company most needs now is a good shake-up -- to accelerate its growth and achieve its goal of being the leading supplier of technology and services for the Internet economy.
And now the requirements and capabilities you need as a supplier of technology in that space change.
Metso Oyj is a global supplier of technology and services in the process industries, including mining, construction, recycling, pulp and paper, power and oil and gas.
