International Journal of Operations & Production Management: Volume 44 Issue 7

Sociopolitical and financial goals in state-owned manufacturers' expansion of production capacity: evidence from China

Renfei Gao, Jane Lu, Helen Wei Hu, Geoff Martin

The rapid, yet low-profit, expansion of the production capacity of state-owned enterprises (SOEs) represents a remarkable phenomenon. However, the motivation behind this key…

Impact pathways: unravelling the hybrid food supply chain – identifying the relationships and processes to drive change

Emmanuel Acquah Sawyerr, Michael Bourlakis, Damien Conrad, Carol Wagstaff

This paper explores the nature and operations of the supply chain that serves disadvantaged groups. With the increasing reliance on supplementary food provision through food aid…

Navigating supply chain disruptions: a purchasing portfolio matrix analysis of Chinese manufacturing SMEs in the context of COVID-19

Yu Han, Anna Yumiao Tian, Woon Kian Chong, Alain Yee Loong Chong, Antony Paulraj

The purpose of this paper is to provide small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in emerging markets with an updated Purchasing Portfolio Matrix (PPM) specifically for…

Advancing social procurement: an institutional work perspective

Kamran Razmdoost, Leila Alinaghian

The adoption of social procurement, the emerging practice of using a firm's spending power to generate social value, requires buying firms to navigate conflicts of institutional…

(Re)-discovering simulation as a critical element of OM/SCM research: call for research

Steven Alexander Melnyk, Matthias Thürer, Constantin Blome, Tobias Schoenherr, Stefan Gold

This study focuses on (re-)introducing computer simulation as a part of the research paradigm. Simulation is a widely applied research method in supply chain and operations…

Hiding operational problems that need to be revealed – a study linking environmental accidents and product recalls

Rick Hardcopf, Rachna Shah

This study investigates whether a firm that has experienced an environmental accident (EA) is less likely to conduct a product recall. If true, it would indicate that EAs tempt…