Supply Chain Management: Volume 25 Issue 6

Key sources of operational inefficiency in the pharmaceutical supply chain

Marina Papalexi, David Bamford, Liz Breen

This study aims to explore the downstream pharmaceutical supply chain (PSC) and provides insight to the delivery process of medicines and associated operational inefficiencies.

Balancing coercive and non-coercive powers to enhance green supplier integration: do relationship commitment and closeness matter?

Qiansong Zhang, Jieyi Pan, Dehui Xu, Taiwen Feng

Although the importance of green supplier integration (GSI) has been recognized, the knowledge of how it can be enhanced is still limited. Using insights from transaction cost and…

Drivers of sub-supplier social sustainability compliance: an emerging economy perspective

V.G. Venkatesh, Abraham Zhang, Eric Deakins, Venkatesh Mani

Tragic incidents such as the Rana Plaza building collapse call into question the value and effectiveness of supplier codes of conduct (SCC) used in multi-tier supply chains. This…

AEO certification – necessity or privilege for supply chain participants

Magdalena Jażdżewska-Gutta, Monika Grottel, Dagmara Wach

This study aims to investigate the motives for and the benefits of authorized economic operator (AEO) certification in the supply chain. Also, whether there are significant…

Mitigating the performance implications of buyer’s dependence on supplier: the role of absorptive capacity and long-term relationship

Daniel Prajogo, Mesbahuddin Chowdhury, Anand Nair, T.C.E. Cheng

Buyer’s dependence on its key supplier for critical resources and capabilities is generally considered as creating a disadvantageous position for the buyer and undermining its…

Strategic sustainable purchasing, environmental collaboration, and organizational sustainability performance: the moderating role of supply base size

Amit Arora, Anshu Saxena Arora, K. Sivakumar, Gerard Burke

This paper aims to examines the moderating effect of small vs large supply base size on the relationship between strategic sustainable purchasing (SSP) and organizational…

Monitoring and mentoring strategies for diffusing sustainability in supply networks

Osama Meqdadi, Thomas E. Johnsen, Rhona E. Johnsen, Asta Salmi

This paper aims to investigate the impact of monitoring and mentoring strategies on sustainability diffusion within supply networks through focal companies and how suppliers…

Supply chain involvement in business continuity management: effects on reputational and operational damage containment from supply chain disruptions

Arash Azadegan, Tahir Abbas Syed, Constantin Blome, Kayhan Tajeddini

Does internal integration extend to business continuity and to managing supply chain disruptions (SCDs)? Despite the voluminous literature on supply chain integration, evidence on…

Can a supplier benefit from investing in transaction-specific investments? A multilevel model of the value co-creation ecosystem perspective

Ming-Chang Huang, Min-Ping Kang, Jui-Kun Chiang

This paper aims to build and empirically test a multilevel framework integrating transaction cost economics and a resource-based view into a value co-creation ecosystem…

How can cross-functional integration support the development of resilience capabilities? The case of collaboration in the automotive industry

Tayanne Ferraz da Silva Poberschnigg, Marcio Lopes Pimenta, Per Hilletofth

The purpose of this study is to analyze cross-functional integration processes and their respective impacts on resilience capabilities, with particular emphasis on collaboration…

Assessing supply chain risk for apparel production in low cost countries using newsfeed analysis

Robert Handfield, Hang Sun, Lori Rothenberg

With the growth of unstructured data, opportunities to generate insights into supply chain risks in low cost countries (LCCs) are emerging. Sourcing risk has primarily focused on…

Effect of buyer-supplier supply chain strategic collaboration on operating performance: evidence from Chinese companies

Weihua Liu, Xiaoyu Yan, Cheng Si, Dong Xie, Jingkun Wang

The purpose of this study is to examine the impact of the implementation of supply chain strategic collaboration (SCSC) on companies’ operating performance.

Blockchain technology-enabled supply chain systems and supply chain performance: a resource-based view

Madhavi Latha Nandi, Santosh Nandi, Hiram Moya, Hale Kaynak

Using the resource-based theoretical view of the firm, this paper aims to explore how firms’ efforts to integrate blockchain technology (BCT) into their supply chain systems and…

The blockchain-based Halal traceability systems: a hype or reality?

Jun-Jie Hew, Lai-Wan Wong, Garry Wei-Han Tan, Keng-Boon Ooi, Binshan Lin

Given the emerging nature of integrating blockchain into food traceability systems, this study aims to investigate the intention to participate in a blockchain-based Halal…