International Journal of Operations & Production Management: Volume 37 Issue 8

Plurality in environmental supply chain mechanisms: Differential effects on triple bottom line outcomes

Antony Paulraj, Constantin Blome

The environmental management of supply chains has become increasingly relevant in the recent era. Extant research proposes two main forms of mechanisms – collaboration and…

Different departments, different drivers: Asymmetry in antecedents and outcomes of voluntary knowledge exchange between sales and production functions

Lan Guo, Jutta Tobias, Elliot Bendoly, Yuming Hu

The purpose of this paper is to examine the antecedents and performance consequences of voluntary information exchange between the production and sales functions.

Linkages between firm innovation strategy, suppliers, product innovation, and business performance: Insights from resource dependence theory

Muhammad Shakeel Sadiq Jajja, Vijay R. Kannan, Shaukat Ali Brah, Syed Zahoor Hassan

The purpose of this paper is to use resource dependence theory to hypothesize that a buyer’s innovation strategy enhances supplier innovation focus and a buyer-supplier…

Understand, reduce, respond: project complexity management theory and practice

Harvey Maylor, Neil Turner

The purpose of this paper is to contribute to the understanding of complexity and its management from an OM perspective, building on and extending the systematic literature review…

Attitudes toward supplier integration: the USA vs China

Yang S. Yang, Thomas J. Kull, Abraham Y. Nahm, Benbo Li

Studies show the benefits of supplier integration, yet negative attitudes toward supplier integration exist that research fails to explain. The purpose of this paper is to…

Institutional explanations: Missing link in operations management? Insights on supplier integration

Virpi Turkulainen, Katri Kauppi, Emma Nermes

While classical operations strategy research argues that manufacturing organizations should be managed in line with the operational strategic priorities, recent studies have…