International Journal of Operations & Production Management: Volume 43 Issue 2

Effects of supply chain quality event announcements on stock market reaction: an empirical study from China

Weihua Liu, Xinyun Liu, Tsan-Ming Choi

This study aims to explore the impact of supply chain quality event (SCQE) announcements on enterprises’ stock market value.

Untangling the complexity generating material delivery “schedule instability”: insights from automotive OEMs

Hafez Shurrab, Patrik Jonsson

Changes frequently made to material delivery schedules (MDSs) accumulate upstream in the supply chain (SC), causing a bullwhip effect. This article seeks to elucidate how dynamic…

Big data and big disaster: a mechanism of supply chain risk management in global logistics industry

Lixu Li, Yeming Gong, Zhiqiang Wang, Shan Liu

Although big data may enhance the visibility, transparency, and responsiveness of supply chains, whether it is effective for improving supply chain performance in a turbulent…

Effect of lean implementation on team psychological safety and learning

Sophie V. Fenner, Maricela C. Arellano, Oliver von Dzengelevski, Torbjørn H. Netland

Frontline teams are at the centre of lean transformations, but the teams also transform as they implement lean. This study examines these changes and seeks to understand how lean…

Examining the link between integrated management systems and firm performance: do the integration strategies matter?

Jiangang Wang, Fanghong Liu

This study attempts to examine the performance differences between firms with and without integrated management systems (IMSs), and the impact of three integration strategies…

The impact of servitization on trade credit in manufacturing firms: a signaling theory perspective

Weijiao Wang, Shanshan Chen, Jinan Shao, Junfei Chu, Zhe Yuan

The aim of this study is to empirically test the link between servitization and trade credit in manufacturing firms as well as the boundary conditions of this link.