Guest editorial

Acknowledgements

This special issue would not have been possible without the generous help of many colleagues. First, the authors thank IJOPM's Editors-in-Chief, Constantin Blome, Cristina Gimenez and Tobias Schoenherr, for accepting our special issue proposal and offering clear guidance in the review and publication process. The authors also appreciate the professional editorial support provided by Martin Schleper (IJOPM Editorial Assistant) and Jenny Chester (Emerald Senior Content Editor). The authors acknowledge the financial support provided by the University of Liverpool Management School for organising the two-day special issue workshop in Liverpool and thank the two keynote speakers, Caroline Wiertz from City University of London and Xitong Li from HEC Paris, for spending their invaluable time with us during the workshop. Finally, the authors are very grateful to all the reviewers for providing high-quality reviews on the papers submitted to this special issue. The full list of this special issue's reviewers can be found in the Appendix.