International Journal of Physical Distribution & Logistics Management: Volume 46 Issue 2

Motivations of manufacturing reshoring: an interpretative framework

Luciano Fratocchi, Alessandro Ancarani, Paolo Barbieri, Carmela Di Mauro, Guido Nassimbeni, Marco Sartor, Matteo Vignoli, Andrea Zanoni

The purpose of this paper is to present a framework for the analysis of reshoring. The framework is then applied to analyze motivations for reshoring, as they emerge from extant…

Predicting technology integration and performance in transition economies: insights from Russia

Beth Davis-Sramek, Konstantin Krotov, Richard Germain

The purpose of this paper is to examine a traditional information technology (IT) integration-performance framework in the transition economy of Russia, which has undergone…

Exploring urban institutional pressures on logistics service providers

William J Rose, Diane A Mollenkopf, Chad W. Autry, John E. Bell

As global populations become increasingly urbanized and urban areas grow in density and complexity, many firms seeking to operate in these areas face significant new challenges…

The role of absorptive and desorptive capacity (ACDC) in sustainable supply management: A longitudinal analysis

Jan Meinlschmidt, Kai Foerstl, Jon F Kirchoff

Sustainable supply management (SSM) has attracted considerable attention from researchers in recent years concentrating on how firms develop and use SSM capabilities to meet…

Effective logistics alliance design and management

Lisa Brekalo, Sascha Albers

The purpose of this paper is to argue that the productive analyses of logistics alliances in the literature have led to a multitude of heterogeneous contributions. These should be…