International Journal of Operations & Production Management: Volume 43 Issue 8

From supply chain learning to the learning supply chain: drivers, processes, complexity, trade-offs and challenges

Bruno S. Silvestre, Yu Gong, John Bessant, Constantin Blome

The view that supply chain learning (SCL) has become a fundamental capability that supply chains must employ to innovate and improve their financial, technological, operational…

Supply chain learning and performance: a meta-analysis

Lujie Chen, Mengqi Jiang, Taiyu Li, Fu Jia, Ming K. Lim

This paper aims to provide a comprehensive understanding of the supply chain learning (SCL)–performance relationship based on the existing empirical evidence.

(Un)Learning sustainability practices in a multi-tiered supply chain: an interpretive study

Karina A. Santos, Minelle E. Silva, Susana Carla Farias Pereira

Although the number of studies that investigate supply chain sustainability learning has increased, little is known about the way sub-suppliers build knowledge and learn…

Unleashing the power of supply chain learning: an empirical investigation

Xiaohong Liu, Ying Kei Tse, Shiyun Wang, Ruiqing Sun

Organisational learning plays a critical role for firms to keep abreast of a supply chain environment filled with volatility, uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity (VUCA). This…

Dual networks: how does knowledge network embeddedness affect firms' supply chain learning?

Ji Yan, Zihao Yu, Kiran Fernandes, Yu Xiong

To explore the mechanism that shapes firms' supply chain learning (SCL) practices, this study examines the relationship between firms' knowledge network embeddedness and their SCL…

What configurations of structures facilitate supply chain learning? A supply chain network and complexity perspective

Junbin Wang, Xiaowei Dong, Yu Xiong, Umair Tanveer, Changping Zhao

This study explores how factors arising from supply chain (SC) network and complexity work together in supply chain learning (SCL) behavior.

Linking relation-specific investments and sustainability performance: the mediating role of supply chain learning

Yang Yang, Yan Jiang, Haojia Chen, Zhiduan Xu

Despite the growing interest in the role of relation-specific investments (RSIs) in superior firm performance, their impact on sustainability performance remains unexplored, as do…