Supply Chain Management: Volume 23 Issue 4

Exploring sustainable supply chain management: a social network perspective

Haiyan Emma Lu, Andrew Potter, Vasco Sanchez Rodrigues, Helen Walker

The implementation of sustainable supply chain management (SCM) calls for an acknowledgement of uncertainty inherent in complex environment. Confucianist society forms social…

Bridging the gap between supply chain risk management and strategic technology partnering capabilities: insights from social capital theory

Irène Kilubi, Helen Rogers

As companies seek to continually innovate to remain globally competitive, they also need to be mindful of the impact of the potential associated supply chain risks. Hence, the…

A complex adaptive systems governance framework for regional supply networks

Larissa Statsenko, Alex Gorod, Vernon Ireland

This paper aims to propose an empirically grounded governance framework based on complex adaptive systems (CAS) principles to facilitate formation of well-connected regional…

On the road to carbon reduction in a food supply network: a complex adaptive systems perspective

Anne Touboulic, Lee Matthews, Leonardo Marques

In acknowledging the reality of climate change, large firms have set internal and external (supplier oriented) targets to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions. This study aims to…

Key risks in the supply chain of large scale engineering and construction projects

Christian A. Rudolf, Stefan Spinler

Large-scale projects are the typical delivery model in the engineering and construction industry, with their very own characteristics. Even though well established, only 1 in…

Reading on and between the lines: risk identification in collaborative and adversarial buyer–supplier relationships

Yiyi Fan, Mark Stevenson

This paper aims to investigate how supply chain risks can be identified in both collaborative and adversarial buyer–supplier relationships (BSRs).