Supply Chain Management: Volume 28 Issue 3

Decentralization of information and supply chain self-organization: the resulting effect on network performance in the transitive service triads

Artur Swierczek

This study considers transitive service triads, which consist of three dyads formed by three actors: supplier, logistics service provider and customer, who remain directly linked…

Boundary spanning in multiple supplier development initiatives: an exploratory study

Martin Norlyk Jørgensen, Chris Ellegaard, Hanne Kragh

Boundary spanners link their internal organization with its external environment. In the present research, the authors study supply managers who build a bridge between a large…

Impact of modern slavery allegations on operating performance

Kezban Yagci Sokat, Nezih Altay

Modern slavery is a humanitarian problem that affects global supply chains. Given the increasing pressures from legislature, consumers and investors, firms have a growing interest…

Sustainable supply chain management – a key to resilience in the global pandemic

Julius Eggert, Julia Hartmann

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the potential synergy between companies’ sustainable supply chain management (SSCM) activities and their supply chain resilience…

The impact of supply chain quality leadership on supply chain quality integration and quality performance

Lingli Luo, Xueyuan Liu, Xiande Zhao, Barbara B. Flynn

As quality issues become more prominent in supply chain (SC) management, understanding the factors driving SC quality integration (SCI_Q) and quality performance has become…

Examining the rigor of SCM research: the case of supply chain agility

David M. Gligor, Theodore P. Stank, Nichole Gligor, Jeffrey A. Ogden, David R. Nowicki, Ted Farris, Yavuz Idug, Rishabh Rana, Jamie Porchia, Patil Kiran

This study aims to explore the impact of one significant threat to the rigor of theory building within supply chain management, namely, the improper development of different…

Role of information and communication technology in mitigating risks in Indian agricultural supply chains

Suwarna Shukla, Rohit Kapoor, Narain Gupta, Jose Arturo Garza-Reyes, Vikas Kumar

Theorising from a resource-based view perspective, the intersection of supply chain management and the use of information technology (IT) has been investigated in this study. This…

How can green innovation from manufacturers benefit from supplier networks?

Colin C.J. Cheng, Shu-Han Hsu, Chwen Sheu

Prior research on supply chain management has advanced substantially our understanding of how suppliers’ knowledge affects manufacturers’ green innovation. However, overlooking…

The role of cognitive capital in supply chain resilience: an investigation during the COVID-19 pandemic

Anis Daghar, Leila Alinaghian, Neil Turner

Research on the “black box” of cognitive capital remains limited in supply chain resilience (SCRES) literature. Drawing from an in-depth single case study of a major consumer…

Supply chain stakeholder pressure for the adoption of sustainable supply chain practices: examining the roles of entrepreneurial and sustainability orientations

Natalia G. Vidal, Wellington Spetic, Simon Croom, Donna Marshall

This study examines the relationship between supply chain stakeholder pressure from customers and suppliers for the adoption of social and environmental sustainable supply chain…

A systematic analysis of quality management in agri-food supply chains: a hierarchy of capabilities perspective

Jianlan Zhong, Han Cheng, Xiaowei Chen, Fu Jia

This paper aims to systematically review the literature on quality management in agri-food supply chains (SCs) and propose an integrated conceptual framework.