International Journal of Operations & Production Management: Volume 42 Issue 3

Dynamic openness for network-enabled product and process innovation: a panel-data analysis

Effie Kesidou, Ram Narasimhan, Serdal Ozusaglam, Chee Yew Wong

Prior research on open innovation has not investigated changes in knowledge acquisition strategies of firms over time overlooking how learning from past knowledge acquisition can…

Toward sustainable supply chains: impact of buyer's legitimacy, power and aligned focus on supplier sustainability performance

Muhammad Usman Ahmed, Asad Shafiq

As large multinational firms are increasingly tasked with developing sustainable supply chains, their role in improving the sustainability performance of their suppliers is…

Does increased water efficiency improve financial performance? The important role of operational efficiency

Wayne Fu, Brian W. Jacobs

The purpose of this study is to examine the relationships between changes in water efficiency, profit and risk for firms in the global Consumer Packaged Goods industry. This study…

Addressing modern slavery in supply chains: an awareness-motivation-capability perspective

Ruoqi Geng, Hugo K.S. Lam, Mark Stevenson

There is still significant variation in firms' efforts to address modern slavery issues in supply chains despite the importance of this grand challenge. This research adopts the…

You cannot be good at everything: tradeoff and returns in healthcare services

Sriram Thirumalai, Scott Lindsey, Jeff K. Stratman

In the face of growing demand for care and tightening resource constraints, hospitals need to ensure access to care that is affordable and effective. Yet, the multiplicity of…

How boundary spanners' guanxi matters: managing supply chain dependence in China

Zhigang Shou, Yu Gong, Qiyuan Zhang

Interorganizational dependence is considered as a liability for each firm and needs to be managed properly. Rather than exploring the opportunistic outcome of dependence, the…