International Journal of Operations & Production Management: Volume 38 Issue 9

Guest editorial

Heidi Dreyer, Torbjørn H. Netland

Governing embedded partner networks: Certification and partner communities in the IT sector

Chris Storey, Canan Kocabasoglu-Hillmer, Sinéad Roden, Ko de Ruyter

The complexity of supplier-partner networks in the information technology (IT) sector where large suppliers utilize thousands of authorized partners requires that organizations…

Examining the anatomy of last-mile distribution in e-commerce omnichannel retailing: A supply network configuration approach

Stanley Frederick W.T. Lim, Jagjit Singh Srai

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the interplay between configuration dimensions (network structure, network flow, relationship governance, and service architecture) of…

Improving university teaching: a professional service operation perspective

Max Finne

The purpose of this paper is to take a professional service operation (PSO) perspective to reconceptualise a persistent pedagogical dilemma of teaching large classes into a…

Natural disasters, PC supply chain and corporate performance

Saileshsingh Gunessee, Nachiappan Subramanian, Kun Ning

The purpose of this paper is to provide quantitative evidence of natural disasters’ (NDs) effect on corporate performance and studies the mechanisms through which the supply chain…

Inclusive environmental disclosure practices and firm performance: The role of green supply chain management

Annachiara Longoni, Raffaella Cagliano

Little empirical work has been done on the effects of inclusive environmental disclosure and green supply chain management (GSCM) on firm outcomes. The literature on environmental…

Designing and developing OM research – from concept to publication

Federico Caniato, Des Doran, Rui Sousa, Harry Boer

The purpose of this paper is to identify similarities and differences between qualitative-based and quantitative-based research, and to present recommendations for designing and…