International Journal of Operations & Production Management: Volume 44 Issue 9

Guest editorial: Supply chain transparency: opportunities, challenges and risks

Fu (Jeff) Jia, Stefan Seuring, Lujie Chen, Arash Azadegan

The impact of supply chain strategy on supply chain transparency over the firm lifecycle: evidence from China

Qinru Wang, Xiaobo Xu, Yonggui Wang

In this study, the authors investigate whether supply chain (SC) strategies (lean or agile) improve or hinder the supply chain transparency (SCT) and what factors affect this…

The impact of supply chain transparency on financing offerings to firms: the moderating role of supply chain concentration

Rongrong Shi, Qiaoyi Yin, Yang Yuan, Fujun Lai, Xin (Robert) Luo

Based on signaling theory, this paper aims to explore the impact of supply chain transparency (SCT) on firms' bank loan (BL) and supply chain financing (SCF) in the context of…

Hide away from implication: potential environmental reputation spillover and strategic concealment of supply chain partners’ identities

Bai Liu, Tao Ju, Jiarui Lu, Hing Kai Chan

This research investigates whether focal firms employ strategic supply chain information disclosure, focusing on the concealment of supplier and customer identities, as part of…

The effect of relational embeddedness on transparency in supply chain networks: the moderating role of digitalization

Bo Feng, Manfei Zheng, Yi Shen

An emerging body of literature has pinpointed the role of supply chain structure in influencing the extent to which supply chain members disclose information about their internal…

How does supply chain transparency influence idiosyncratic risk in newly public firms: the moderating role of firm digitalization

Leven J. Zheng, Nazrul Islam, Justin Zuopeng Zhang, Huan Wang, Kai Ming Alan Au

This study seeks to explore the intricate relationship among supply chain transparency, digitalization and idiosyncratic risk, with a specific focus on newly public firms. The…

How do customers’ environmental efforts diffuse to suppliers: the role of customers’ characteristics and suppliers’ digital technology capability

Yunting Feng, Qinghua Zhu

The growing attention to green supply chain transparency prompts firms to disclose their environmental efforts and manage environmental issues along supply chains. Drawn upon…

Mitigating the bullwhip effect through supply chain ESG transparency: roles of digitalization and signal strength

Lin Wu, Miao Wang, Ajay Kumar, Tsan-Ming Choi

The call for supply chain transparency (SCT), especially the environmental, social and governance (ESG) aspect, is getting increasingly louder. Based on the signaling theory, our…