How do spillovers impact opportunism in the buyer-supplier relationship? Is it really about opportunism and what are the consequences?

The goal for this paper is to see what consequences and implications knowledge spillovers and opportunism have on the buyer-supplier relationship from the buyer perspective. In order to perform this research, a qualitative research method has been selected as the best fit (interviews). 18 business professionals ranging in background from procurement, sales and R&D have been chosen as interview partners.