Supply Chain Management: Volume 27 Issue 3

Used vehicle global supply chains: perspectives on a direct-import model

Yangyan Shi, Tiru Arthanari, V.G. Venkatesh, Samsul Islam, Venkatesh Mani

This study aims to provide a comprehensive understanding of the supply chain (SC) operations of importing used vehicles into New Zealand and how such SCs affect business practices…

Managing glitches in collaborative product development with suppliers

Valéry Merminod, Marie Anne Le Dain, Alejandro Germán Frank

This paper aims to propose that knowing in practice can be used as a mechanism to enhance social exchange in collaborative new product development (NPD) with suppliers to reduce…

How do governance and relational rents evolve during the maturity stages of supply chains?

Tatiane Pellin Cislaghi, Douglas Wegner, Luciana Marques Vieira

The purpose of this paper is to analyse how the use of governance mechanisms in buyer-supplier relationships in the supply chain (SC) are related to the maturity of relationships…

The role of NGOs in sustainable supply chain management: a social movement perspective

Sujie Peng, Fu Jia, Bob Doherty

The purpose of this paper is to systematically review the academic literature on non-governmental organizations’ (NGOs) role in sustainable supply chain management (SSCM) to…

Restraining forces and drivers of supply chain collaboration: evidence from an emerging market

Adegboyega Oyedijo, Adebayo Serge Francois Koukpaki, Simonov Kusi-Sarpong, Fahd Alfarsi, Ying Yang

This paper aims to investigate how restraining forces and driving forces impact SC collaboration in the context of Nigeria.

Manufacturers’ tailored responses to powerful supply chain partners

Zhexiong Tao, Shanling Li, Saibal Ray, Claudia Rebolledo

This study aims to investigate how relatively weaker manufacturers respond to the dominance of stronger suppliers and/or customers. The study also analyzes how the competitive…

Managerial political skill and achieved supply chain integration: the mediating effects of supply chain orientation and organizational politics

Jeffrey R. Bentley, Jessica L. Robinson, Mona Zanhour

Drawing on social exchange theory, social capital theory, and perspectives of political influence in organizations, this study develops and tests a model in which managerial…