Supply Chain Management: Volume 28 Issue 7

Contextualizing resilience to critical infrastructure maintenance supply networks

Kirstin Scholten, Dirk Pieter van Donk, Damien Power, Stephanie Braeuer

To be able to continuously provide affordable services to consumers, managers of critical infrastructure (CI) maintenance supply networks have to balance investments in resilience…

Managing asymmetrical supply chain relationships: psychological ownership and commitment in the agri-food sector

Hannele Suvanto, Merja Lähdesmäki

In this paper, the authors integrate the psychological ownership theory with the concept of commitment to contribute to the discussion on agricultural supply chain management. The…

Sustainability in the supply chain – understanding suppliers’ resource allocation for sustainability issues

Paul T.M. Ingenbleek, Caspar Krampe

As corporate sustainability is systemic, it cannot be achieved without effective involvement of suppliers. This study aims to examine the drivers of supplier companies’ resource…

Connecting the dots: uncovering the relationships between challenges confronting Africa's organ transplant supply chain systems

Temidayo O. Akenroye, Adegboyega Oyedijo, Vishnu C. Rajan, George A. Zsidisin, Marcia Mkansi, Jamal El Baz

This study aims to develop a hierarchical model that uncovers the relationships between challenges confronting Africa's organ transplant supply chain systems.

The impact of procurement digitalization on supply chain resilience: empirical evidence from Finland

Aleksi Harju, Jukka Hallikas, Mika Immonen, Katrina Lintukangas

The purpose of this study is to investigate the role of procurement digitalization in reducing uncertainty in the supply chain (SC) and how it relates to mitigating SC risks and…

Exploring supply chain finance along different supply chain stages: a case-based research in the agri-food industry

Elisa Medina, Federico Caniato, Antonella Maria Moretto

Since 2008’s financial crisis, attention toward supply chain finance (SCF) has increased. However, most research investigates SCF considering single supply chain (SC) stages or…

Achieving supply chain resilience in an era of disruptions: a configuration approach of capacities and strategies

Barbara Gaudenzi, Roberta Pellegrino, Ilenia Confente

The COVID-19 pandemic and recent disruptive events are affecting firms’ operations and supply chain networks on a large scale, causing disturbances in supply, demand, production…

Supply chain 4.0 ambidexterity and lean supply chain management: interrelationships and effect on the focal firm’s operational performance

María Isabel Roldán Bravo, Juan Manuel Maqueira-Marin, José Moyano-Fuentes

The purpose of this paper is twofold: firstly, to provide a measurement instrument for supply chain 4.0 ambidexterity by applying the theoretical perspective of ambidexterity to…