International Journal of Operations & Production Management: Volume 33 Issue 10

Purchase offering quality: The effects of buyer behaviour on organizational supplying behaviour

John Ramsay, Beverly Wagner, Stephen Kelly

– This paper aims to explore the supply chain management problem of understanding the response of suppliers to buyer behaviours and characteristics.

Supply chain management and financial performance: literature review and future directions

Min Shi, Wei Yu

– The purpose of this paper is to review a sample of the literature relating to the financial impacts of supply chain management (SCM) and suggest future research directions.

Extending the use of institutional theory in operations and supply chain management research: Review and research suggestions

Katri Kauppi

Increasing empirical evidence suggests organizational actions are not always driven by economic efficiency considerations, contrary to the rational decision making viewpoint…

Testing the theory of constraints in UK local food supply chains

David Oglethorpe, Graeme Heron

The purpose of the research is to identify the observable operational and supply chain barriers and constraints that occur in local food supply chains, especially with smaller…

Should we try out for the major leagues? A call for research in sport operations management

Katri Kauppi, Claire Moxham, David Bamford

Research related to operations management (OM) in the sport industry is underdeveloped, despite sport being a continued context of study in other management disciplines. Most…