Supply Chain Management: Volume 19 Issue 2

Can critical realism enable a journey from description to understanding in operations and supply chain management?

Kristian Rotaru, Leonid Churilov, Andrew Flitman

The current state of theory-building in the field of operations and supply chain management (OSCM) is in a strong need of rigorous, empirically based theories that enhance…

Sustainable integrity: how reverse auctions can benefit suppliers in emerging markets

Timothy G. Hawkins, Wesley S. Randall, Adam V. Coyne, Mohammad H. Baitalmal

The growth of international business persists, particularly in emerging economies. Business in these developing nations is heavily influenced by national culture. In the Middle…

Mitigating supply chain disruptions – a normal accident perspective

Kathryn A. Marley, Peter T. Ward, James A. Hill

Existing supply chain literature provides examples of countermeasures that firms can adopt to mitigate abnormal or catastrophic supply chain disruptions. However, none address…

Performance-based contracting in service supply chains: a service provider risk perspective

Kostas Selviaridis, Andreas Norrman

The performance of service supply chains in terms of service levels and cost efficiency depends not only on the effort of service providers but also on the inputs of…

Assessing inter-organizational innovation performance through relational governance and dynamic capabilities in supply chains

Jao-Hong Cheng, Mu-Chung Chen, Chung-Ming Huang

– This paper aims to examine the factors influencing innovation performance and implementation in inter-organizational relationships.

Cross-cultural influences on e-value creation in supply chains

Joshua M. Davis, Carlo Mora-Monge, Gioconda Quesada, Marvin Gonzalez

This paper seeks to report the results of an empirical study examining the influence of cross-cultural differences on the value creation process from e-business systems in the…

Joint operational decision-making in collaborative transportation networks: the role of IT

Paul Buijs, J.C. (“Hans”) Wortmann

This paper addresses horizontal supply chain collaboration among autonomous freight carriers in the less-than-truckload industry. The main purpose of the paper is to identify and…

Mitigation processes – antecedents for building supply chain resilience

Kirstin Scholten, Pamela Sharkey Scott, Brian Fynes

This study aims to combine theory and practice to develop an integrated supply chain resilience framework by investigating the inter-dependencies between the strategic literature…