Supply Chain Management: Volume 27 Issue 7

Challenges in extending sustainability across a transport supply chain

Helena Forslund, Maria Björklund, Veronica Svensson Ülgen

Sustainability approaches across product supply chains are well-known, while similar knowledge on transport supply chains (TSC) is limited. The purpose of this paper is to explore…

Blockchain adoption in supply networks: a social capital perspective

Francesco Galati

This study aims to contribute to the early but fervent debate on blockchain and supply networks by proposing a novel theoretical perspective on blockchain adoption grounded on…

Adopting environmentally-friendly certifications: transaction cost and capabilities perspectives within the Italian wine supply chain

Stefanella Stranieri, Alessandro Varacca, Mirta Casati, Ettore Capri, Claudio Soregaroli

Environmentally-friendly certifications have increased over the past decade within food supply chains. Although a large body of literature has explored the drivers leading firms…

Analysing competing logics towards sustainable supplier management

Verónica León Bravo, Mariuxy Jaramillo Villacrés, Minelle E. Silva

To understand the context surrounding the sustainable supplier management (SSM) process (i.e. selection, development and evaluation), this paper aims to explore institutional…

Resilience in interorganizational networks: dealing with day-to-day disruptions in critical infrastructures

Mitchell J. van den Adel, Thomas A. de Vries, Dirk Pieter van Donk

Critical infrastructures (CIs) for essential services such as water supply and electricity delivery are notoriously vulnerable to disruptions. While extant literature offers…

Measuring institutional pressures in a supply chain context: scale development and testing

Katri Kauppi, Davide Luzzini

Increasing amount of empirical research in operations and supply chain management is using institutional theory as its theoretical lens. Yet, a common scale to measure the three…

Managing triadic supplier relationships in collaborative innovation projects: a relational view perspective

Andrea Patrucco, Christine Mary Harland, Davide Luzzini, Federico Frattini

Suppliers are essential partners in innovation projects, as they own resources, knowledge assets and capabilities that complement those of buying firms. In today’s competitive…

The impact of a blockchain platform on trust in established relationships: a case study of wine supply chains

Mike Brookbanks, Glenn Parry

This paper examines the impact of a blockchain platform on the role and importance of trust in established buyer-supplier relationships.

Smart green supply chain management: a configurational approach to enhance green performance through digital transformation

Laura V. Lerman, Guilherme Brittes Benitez, Julian M. Müller, Paulo Renato de Sousa, Alejandro Germán Frank

While it is known that digital transformation facilitates data flow in supply chains, its importance on green supply chain management (GSCM) has not been investigated concisely…

Beyond the hype: how blockchain affects supply chain performance

Sven Markus, Paul Buijs

This paper aims to contribute to the debate about the value of blockchain for supply chain management by assessing empirical evidence on the relationship between blockchain and…

Leveraging supply integration, mass customization and manufacturing flexibility capabilities and the contingency of innovation orientation

Hamid Jafari, Hadi Ghaderi, Mohammad H. Eslami, Mohsin Malik

This paper aims to examine the relationship between supply integration and firm performance by first, investigating the mediating effects of manufacturing flexibility and mass…

A start-up’s collaboration in networks for sustainable freight transport: a micro-meso-macro approach to innovation

Lisa Melander, Frida Lind

The purpose of this paper is to analyse how start-ups with a clear sustainability focus collaborate with multiple actors at different levels to pursue business ideas and develop…