The International Journal of Logistics Management: Volume 30 Issue 1

Editorial: Congratulations to IJLM on its first 30 years

Britta Gammelgaard

Logistics and supply chain management research in Africa: A systematic literature review and research agenda

Jamal El Baz, Issam Laguir, Rébecca Stekelorum

The purpose of this paper is to review the literature on logistics and supply chain management (SCM) in Africa over the last few decades. It provides a comprehensive assessment of…

Leveraging supply chain orientation for global supplier responsiveness: The impact of institutional distance

Beth Davis-Sramek, Ayman Omar, Richard Germain

The purpose of this paper is to utilize middle-range theorizing to examine whether a US manufacturer can leverage supply chain orientation (SCO) to garner responsiveness from a…

Customer pressure and green innovations at third party logistics providers in China: The moderation effect of organizational culture

Zhaofang Chu, Linlin Wang, Fujun Lai

The purpose of this paper is to investigate how customer pressure influences green innovation in the context of Chinese third-party logistics (3PL) providers, and especially the…

Practical relevance of theory-driven supply chain management research: Evidence from China

Xiaohong Liu, Alan C. McKinnon

The purpose of this paper is to examine the extent to which theory-driven supply chain management (SCM) research is of practical relevance. It does this on the basis of empirical…

Informing logistics social responsibility from a consumer-choice-centered perspective

Tim Gruchmann, Imke Schmidt, Sarah Lubjuhn, Stefan Seuring, Martine Bouman

Although research has been conducted on logistics social responsibility (LSR) on the one hand, and sustainable consumption on the other hand, the interlinkages between LSR and…

Blinded by the light? Analyzing sustainability authenticity, customer service perceptions, and halo effects

Clinton Amos, Sebastian Brockhaus, Amydee M. Fawcett, Stanley E. Fawcett, A. Michael Knemeyer

The purpose of this paper is to evaluate how service perceptions influence customer views of the authenticity of corporate sustainability claims. The goal of this paper is to help…

Interactions in sustainable supply chain management: a framework review

Gawon Yun, Mehmet G. Yalcin, Douglas N. Hales, Hee Yoon Kwon

The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the research conducted among the interim, dyadic interactions that bridge the stand-alone measures of economic, environmental and social…

Service modularity in managing healthcare logistics

Timo Pohjosenperä, Päivi Kekkonen, Saara Pekkarinen, Jari Juga

The purpose of this paper is to examine how modularity is used for enabling value creation in managing healthcare logistics services.

Factors impacting technology adoption in hospital bed logistics

Diana Cordes Feibert, Peter Jacobsen

The purpose of this paper is to refine and expand technology adoption theory for a healthcare logistics setting by combining the technology–organization–environment framework with…

The impact of the core company’s strategy on the dimensions of supply chain integration

Tesfaye Tolu Feyissa, R. Raghavendra Kumar Sharma, Kuei-Kuei Lai

Nowadays, supply chain integration (SCI) is considered as an enabler of competitive firm performance. It has three important dimensions: internal, supplier and customer…

Identification of the similarities and differences of logistics controller, manager and specialist: A study based on a content analysis

Justyna Dobroszek, Paulo Mourao, Lena Grzesiak

The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate the similarities and differences of occupational identity among logistics managers, controllers and specialists.

Investigating the role of knowledge transfer in supply chain collaboration

Kimberly Whitehead, Zach Zacharia, Edmund Prater

Despite the large literature base associated with dyadic collaboration, its knowledge-based antecedents are still not well understood. The purpose of this paper is to better…

Relational asymmetry, trust, and innovation in supply chain management: a non-linear approach

Marek Michalski, Jose Luis Montes, Ram Narasimhan

The purpose of this paper is to examine the non-linear aspects of the asymmetry-performance relationship under varying conditions of trust and innovation. Its novel approach is…

Transforming information into supply chain agility: an agility adaptation typology

Dawn M. Russell, David Swanson

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the mediators that occupy the gap between information processing theory and supply chain agility. In today’s Mach speed business…

Determinants of information quality in dyadic supply chain relationships

Paulina Myrelid, Patrik Jonsson

The purpose of this paper is to explore how different determinants impact specific information quality (IQ) dimensions of shared demand-related information in dyadic supply chain…