International Journal of Operations & Production Management: Volume 44 Issue 3

Achieving risk resilience in an environment of mistrust: supply chain piracy of physical goods

Kenyth Alves de Freitas, Barbara Bechler Flynn, Ely Laureano Paiva, Amrou Awaysheh

This paper investigates how companies become resilient to supply chain (SC) piracy through using transactional and relational governance mechanisms to develop strategies effective…

Using not-for-profit innovation networks to transition new technologies across the valley of death

Hamid Moradlou, Samuel Roscoe, Hendrik Reefke, Rob Handfield

This paper aims to seek answers to the question: What are the relevant factors that allow not-for-profit innovation networks to successfully transition new technologies from…

Governance, cooperation and coordination in large inter-organisational project networks: a viable system perspective

Mohamad Tannir, Grant Mills, Ilias Krystallis, Jas Kalra

This study aims to further the understanding of multi-level analysis in inter-organisational relationships by investigating the interplay of governance, cooperation and…

Strength in numbers: collaborative procurement and competitiveness of craft breweries

Timothy I. Ramjaun, Madeleine Pullman, Maneesh Kumar, Vasco Sanchez Rodrigues

This article aims to investigate collaborative procurement as a sourcing strategy amongst competing small enterprises in an effort to reduce their material supply costs through…

Blockchain implementation and shareholder value: a complex adaptive systems perspective

Xi Zhang, Rui Chang, Minhao Gu, Baofeng Huo

Blockchain is a distributed ledger technology that uses cryptography to ensure transmission and access security, which provides solutions to numerous challenges to complex supply…

When suppliers engage in sustainable supply chain management: how does the stock market react?

Jason X. Wang, Tsan-Ming Choi, Lincoln C. Wood, Karin Olesen, Torsten Reiners

Sustainable supply chain management (SSCM), driven by the downstream buyers' power, transfers sustainability responsibilities to the upstream supplier. In contrast to the…