This chapter considers one of the most important collaborations, namely that of partnership. In recent year's sophisticated and demanding consumer lead severe global competition between companies. So many companies seek to coordinate cross-firm activities and work mutually over time to produce outstanding performance. The main objective of the companies is to reach higher performance than would be achieved by managing individually. For any supply chain in the competitive environment, widening the boundaries of the firm via partnership formation would be the remedy and partnership creates a synergistic business environment for both sides. The objective of the chapter is to present a comprehensive and integrated view of the literature on all aspects of partnership.

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The unexpected Covid-19 pandemic has now become the most significant burden and impediment to healthcare systems around the world. To ease the pressure on the healthcare industry by delivering high-quality services to all types of patients, more powerful technologies are clearly needed than ever before. Smart healthcare uses digital technologies in order to improve the quality of life by lowering health risks and enhancing the well-being of people. By using a systematic literature review method, the current study presents smart logistics technologies used in the fight against Covid-19 in the healthcare industry to provide a holistic perspective. Given this context, this study seeks to present an up-to-date review of the topic of smart healthcare logistics against the Covid-19 pandemic. The findings of the study have revealed that some technological innovation practices have been implemented in the logistics of health services. The use of them appears to have improved both transportation and ease of access. Besides, the Covid-19 pandemic has made healthcare logistics take advantage of smart technologies for public health.

As a result of cities' adverse effects on environmental sustainability, smart city applications have become a necessity. The integration of citizens into smart city applications through mobile applications depends on their adoption. This study aims to analyze the user attitude towards the Izmir Transportation Center application through the technology acceptance model. The user comments were analyzed viaMaxqda software by using the content analysis method. The results indicate that user attitude towards the application is negative. Perceived usefulness has more effect on user attitude and the main problem of the application is system accessibility and running with incomplete data.