International Journal of Operations & Production Management: Volume 42 Issue 8

“Managing the “new normal”: the future of operations and supply chain management in unprecedented times”

Anthony Alexander, Constantin Blome, Martin C. Schleper, Samuel Roscoe

The purpose of this article is to discuss the theme of managing operations and supply chains in the so-called “new normal”. It reflects the themes emerging from recent research…

Comparing regions globally: impacts of COVID-19 on supply chains – a Delphi study

Stefan Seuring, Marcus Brandenburg, Philipp C. Sauer, Daphna-Sophie Schünemann, Ronakeh Warasthe, Sadaf Aman, Chen Qian, Kristina Petljak, Daiane Mülling Neutzling, Anna Land, Raja Usman Khalid

The COVID-19 pandemic has challenged supply chains (SCs) around the globe unprecedentedly. This study aims to gain insights on the impacts of the pandemic on SCs and their…

Supply chains' sustainability trajectories and resilience: a learning perspective in turbulent environments

Philipp C. Sauer, Minelle E. Silva, Martin C. Schleper

While various supply chain (SC) sustainability investigations exist, their connection to supply chain resilience (SCRes) remains largely unexplored. To fill this gap, the authors…

Fostering firms' ability to cascade sustainability through multi-tier supply chains: an investigation of power sources

Kati Marttinen, Anni-Kaisa Kähkönen

A firm's ability to cascade sustainability requirements further down to lower-tier suppliers might be affected by inter-firm power relations. This study aimed to identify the…

Supplier absorptive capacity: learning via boundary objects in sustainability-oriented supplier development initiatives

Meng Jia, Linda Caroline Hendry, Mark Stevenson

To study the learning processes and mechanisms involved in sustainability-oriented supplier development (SSD), including how knowledge is transmitted by the buyer and how it is…

Paradoxical tensions impacting small-series production implementation in high-cost contexts: insights from the EU apparel industry

Sara Harper

While localized small-series production is a significant opportunity, various tensions challenge implementation in high-cost contexts. This paper explores how managers view and…

How managers' cognitive frames affect the use of process improvement approaches in new product development

Rima Al Hasan, Pietro Micheli

Despite the numerous implementations of process improvement approaches (PIAs) in new product development (NPD), the espoused benefits of PIAs are rarely realized in practice. This…

Supply chains and the success of M&As: investigating the effect of structural equivalence of merging firms' supplier and customer bases

Sangho Chae, Byung-Gak Son, Tingting Yan, Yang S. Yang

This study investigates the extent to which structural equivalence between acquiring and target firms is associated with post-merger and acquisition (M&A) performance—a…

Institutionalization of a collaborative governance model to deliver large, inter-organizational projects

Kirsi Aaltonen, Virpi Turkulainen

In this study, we develop further understanding of how institutional change is created within a mature and local industry. In this pursuit, we examine how a collaborative large…