International Journal of Operations & Production Management
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Issue 8 2023 From supply chain learning to the learning supply chain: drivers, processes, governance, trade-offs, complexities and challenges
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Issue 4 2023 Applying operations and supply chain management theories in the circular economy context
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Issue 1 2023 Rethinking Resilience in Today's Complex, Interconnected World: Linking Supply Chain Resilience Research with Other Disciplines
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The emergence of data sharing along complex supply chains
Hervé Legenvre, Ari-Pekka HameriTo improve supply chain performance, companies are now exploring new pathways including industry-wide data sharing initiatives along complex supply chains. The purpose of this…
Carbon neutral announcements and Chinese stock market reaction: a supply chain network-based perspective
Weihua Liu, Zhixuan Chen, Tsan-Ming Choi, Paul Tae-Woo Lee, Hing Kai Chan, Yongzheng GaoThis study aims to explore the impact of carbon neutral announcements on “stock market value” of publicly listed companies in China.
A complexity-based measure for emergency department crowding
Enayon Sunday Taiwo, Farzad Zaerpour, Mozart B.C. Menezes, Zhankun SunOvercrowding continues to afflict emergency departments (EDs), and its attendant consequences are becoming increasingly severe. The burden of the COVID-19 pandemic is further…
The impact of normative institutions on socially sustainable supply chain management: the role of individual cultural values
Chi Zhang, Mani Venkatesh, Marc OhanaDrawing on institutional theory, this study investigates the role of individual cultural values on the adoption of socially sustainable supply chain management (socially SSCM) for…
Realizing operational and innovation benefits in buyer–supplier relationships: the role of close ties to the partner's partners
Veronica H. Villena, Li Cheng, Stefan WuytsAs buyers and suppliers seek to create value, they face the challenge of creating an environment that promotes coordination and information sharing and discourages opportunism…
When suppliers engage in sustainable supply chain management: how does the stock market react?
Jason X. Wang, Tsan-Ming Choi, Lincoln C. Wood, Karin Olesen, Torsten ReinersSustainable supply chain management (SSCM), driven by the downstream buyers' power, transfers sustainability responsibilities to the upstream supplier. In contrast to the…
Paradox-responding in humanitarian temporary supply networks: exploring strategies and enabling mechanisms
Aline Rodrigues Fernandes, Nonhlanhla DubeThis study investigates paradox-responding strategies and enabling mechanisms in humanitarian temporary supply networks (TSNs). Given the high stakes involved in life-saving…
Blockchain implementation and shareholder value: a complex adaptive systems perspective
Xi Zhang, Rui Chang, Minhao Gu, Baofeng HuoBlockchain is a distributed ledger technology that uses cryptography to ensure transmission and access security, which provides solutions to numerous challenges to complex supply…
Linking production geography and financial performance
Oliver von Dzengelevski, Torbjørn H. Netland, Ann Vereecke, Kasra FerdowsWhen is it more profitable for multinational manufacturers to manufacture in high-cost environments and when in low-cost environments? While the literature offers many cues to…
Using not-for-profit innovation networks to transition new technologies across the valley of death
Hamid Moradlou, Samuel Roscoe, Hendrik Reefke, Rob HandfieldThis paper aims to seek answers to the question: What are the relevant factors that allow not-for-profit innovation networks to successfully transition new technologies from…
Toward suppliers' corporate social responsibility performance: the role of relationship dependence
Zhi Cao, Dong-Young Kim, Yinping Mu, Vinod SinghalThe growing focus on socially responsible supply chain management (SRSCM) has made it crucial to extend corporate social responsibility (CSR) to upstream suppliers. Drawing on…
Strength in numbers: collaborative procurement and competitiveness of craft breweries
Timothy I. Ramjaun, Madeleine Pullman, Maneesh Kumar, Vasco Sanchez RodriguesThis article aims to investigate collaborative procurement as a sourcing strategy amongst competing small enterprises in an effort to reduce their material supply costs through…
Governance, cooperation and coordination in large inter-organisational project networks: a viable system perspective
Mohamad Tannir, Grant Mills, Ilias Krystallis, Jas KalraThis study aims to further the understanding of multi-level analysis in inter-organisational relationships by investigating the interplay of governance, cooperation and…
Making supply chains great again: examining structural changes to US manufacturing supply chains
Mehmet Chakkol, Mark Johnson, Antonios Karatzas, Georgios Papadopoulos, Nikolaos KorfiatisPresident Trump's tenure was accompanied by a series of protectionist measures that intended to reinvigorate US-based production and make manufacturing supply chains more “local”…
Reducing forced labour in supply chains: what could traditional companies learn from social enterprises?
Evelyne Vanpoucke, Robert D. KlassenForced labour is one of the most exploitative practices in supply chains, generating serious human right abuses. The authors seek to understand how relationships for reducing…
The paradox of supplier development in technology-based luxury supply chains
Paolo Barbieri, Brice Dattée, Santosh K. MahapatraThis paper aims to examine how collaborative supplier development (SD) activities, supplier capabilities and buyer–supplier relationship interrelate in technology-based, luxury…
How do firms obtain benefits from quality awards: An empirical study of the winners of the China quality award
Xingxi Li, Su Wu, Huiming LiuQuality awards are widely considered symbols of successful quality management. The purpose of this paper is to empirically test the effects of the China Quality Award (CQA) on…
Cracking the code: the effects of codes of conduct and decision frames on supplier selection in financially distressed firms
Christian F. Durach, Mary Parkinson, Frank Wiengarten, Mark PagellFirms are increasingly required to make ethical choices when selecting suppliers for their supply chains, and the decisions often rest on individual purchasing managers within the…
Enterprise-wide lean management systems: a test of the abnormal profitability hypothesis
Arnaldo Camuffo, Alberto PolettoThe paper tests if and to what extent lean management system adoption generates abnormal profitability, and how it accrues over time. Configurational approaches to lean management…
Trust and distrust in buyer–supplier relationships: an exploratory experimental study
Jie Chen, Michael LewisAlthough trust and distrust as distinct phenomena are of increasing interest to operations and supply chain management (OSCM) scholars, they have been inconsistently…
Operations of cost-effective charities: a qualitative study
Anton Shevchenko, Sara Hajmohammad, Mark PagellPeople donate to charities with the aim of improving society. Yet, many charities fail to use donations efficiently or have ineffective interventions. The authors explore the…
Social sustainability and human rights in global supply chains
Yinyin Cao, Benn Lawson, Frits K. PilFirms are accountable for upholding worker rights and well-being in their supply base. The authors unpack the evolution in lead firm thinking and practice about how to assure…
Navigating the “performing-organizing” paradox: tensions between supply chain transparency, coordination, and scope 3 GHG emissions performance
Frederik Dahlmann, Stephen Brammer, Jens K. RoehrichDrawing on paradox theory and the category of the “performing-organizing” paradox, the study investigates the tensions firms experience in the context of organizing the processes…
Achieving risk resilience in an environment of mistrust: supply chain piracy of physical goods
Kenyth Alves de Freitas, Barbara Bechler Flynn, Ely Laureano Paiva, Amrou AwayshehThis paper investigates how companies become resilient to supply chain (SC) piracy through using transactional and relational governance mechanisms to develop strategies effective…
Linking government interventions to firm performance: the influence of stringency and support during the COVID-19 pandemic
Qi Zou, Yuan Wang, Sachin ModiThis study uncovers how government interventions, in terms of stringency and support, shape coronavirus disease 2019's (COVID-19) detrimental impact on organizations' performance…
The effect of SMEs' ambidextrous innovations on supply chain financing performance: balancing effect and moderating effect
Qiang Lu, Yihang Zhou, Zhenzeng Luan, Hua SongThis study empirically investigates how ambidextrous innovations and their balancing affect the supply chain financing performance (SCFP) of small and medium-sized enterprises…
Uncovering the link between well-being and factory performance among workers in China: a longitudinal study
Minette Bellingan, Catherine Tilley, Mukesh Kumar, Luciano Batista, Steve EvansCompanies are concerned about the well-being of workers in their supply chains, but conventional audits fail to uncover critical problems. Yet, if the happy worker – productive…
The role of managerial perceptions and behaviors across hierarchical levels during lean implementation
Sven Januszek, Torbjørn H. Netland, Andrea FurlanDo managers at different hierarchical levels in a firm perceive the effectiveness of a lean program differently, and does it matter for their commitment to it and the resulting…
Let's talk about it: the impact of nurses' implicit voice theories on individual agility and quality of care
Pierre-Luc Fournier, Lionel Bahl, Desirée H. van Dun, Kevin J. Johnson, Jean CadieuxThe complexity and uncertainty of healthcare operations increasingly require agility to safeguard a high quality of care. Using a microfoundations of dynamic capabilities…
The “dark side” of Industry 4.0: How can technology be made more sustainable?
Marcos Dieste, Guido Orzes, Giovanna Culot, Marco Sartor, Guido NassimbeniA positive outlook on the impact of Industry 4.0 (I4.0) on sustainability prevails in the literature. However, some studies have highlighted potential areas of concern that have…
The spillover effects of supply chain corruption practices on stock returns
Geng Wang, Yangchun Xiong, Yang Cheng, Hugo K.S. LamThis study aims to explore the spillover effects of supply chain corruption practices (SCCPs) on stock returns along the supply chain and within the industry. Specifically, it…
Doing good right: building resilience through donations during the pandemic
Zhaojun Han, Shenyang Jiang, Zhanzhi Zheng, Yong JinWhile researchers recognize the significance of philanthropic donations in disaster relief and recovery, the benefits that firms derive from such donations remain unclear…
The impact of co-location on production knowledge transfer in collectivist and individualist cultures
Pettis Kent, Enno Siemsen, Xiaofeng ShaoThis paper enhances our understanding of how national culture impacts manufacturing performance (assembly speed, consistency between teams, etc.) during a production process…
Balancing structural IT capabilities for organizational agility in digital transformation: a resource orchestration view
Hongyi Mao, Shan Liu, Yeming GongTo achieve digital transformation, organizations have continued to rely on integrating the capabilities of information technology (IT) to facilitate decision-making and developing…
How does digitalization alter the paradox of supply base concentration? The effects of digitalization intensity and breadth
Ziwei Yang, Wenjin Hu, Jinan Shao, Yongyi Shou, Qile HeThe highly uncertain and turbulent environments nowadays intensify the paradoxical effects of supply base concentration (SBC) on improving cost efficiency while increasing…
How supplier concentration impacts a buyer firm's R&D intensity: testing a mediation and moderation model
Jinyu Yang, Shanshan Zhang, Zhiqiang Wang, Xiande ZhaoThe purpose of this paper is to investigate how supplier concentration influences a buyer firm's R&D intensity. This study proposes a mediation and moderation model to test this…
Complex supply chain structures and multi-scope GHG emissions: the moderation effect of reducing equivocality
M. Cristina De Stefano, Maria J. Montes-SanchoClimate change requires the reduction of direct and indirect greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, a task that seems to clash with increasing supply chain complexity. This study aims to…
Breaking bad: how can supply chain management better address illegal supply chains?
Madeleine Pullman, Lucy McCarthy, Carlos MenaThis pathway paper offers research guidance for investigating illegal supply chains as they increasingly threaten societies, economies and ecosystems. There are implications for…
Delivering societal impact through supply chain design: insights from B Corps
Eugenia Rosca, Kelsey M. TaylorThis paper examines how different configurations of societal impact are pursued by purpose-driven organizations (PDOs) and how these configurations align with the application of…
Social media analytics and product innovation: mediating effects of knowledge exploration and exploitation competences
Colin C.J. Cheng, Chwen SheuPrior research on business analytics has advanced substantially our understanding of how social media analytics affect business performance. However, the specific value of social…
Deriving efficiency from the major customer network: the role of network connectedness and centeredness
Ta-Wei (Daniel) Kao, Hung-Chung Su, Yi-Su ChenPrior studies on major customer relationships (i.e. embedded ties) focus mostly on the ties between a focal firm and its immediate customers, hindering the understanding of the…
Servitization in cross-border relationships: investigating the effects of global supply chain dependence on the servitization level of the manufacturers
Yimeng Niu, Zhibin JiangServitization is a business transformation that increases service provision in manufacturers. This study aims to empirically examine how a manufacturer's global supply chain…
The role of supply chain diversification in mitigating the negative effects of supply chain disruptions in COVID-19
Qiang Wang, Haidi Zhou, Xiande ZhaoThis study examines the firm-level financial consequences caused by supply chain disruptions during COVID-19 and explores how firms' supply chain diversification strategies…
From supply chain risk to system-wide disruptions: research opportunities in forecasting, risk management and product design
Tyson Browning, Maneesh Kumar, Nada Sanders, ManMohan S. Sodhi, Matthias Thürer, Guilherme L. TortorellaSupply chains must rebuild for resilience to respond to challenges posed by systemwide disruptions. Unlike past disruptions that were narrow in impact and short-term in duration…
Recovery from plant-level supply chain disruptions: supply chain complexity and business continuity management
Laharish Guntuka, Thomas M. Corsi, David E. CantorThe purpose of our study is to investigate how a manufacturing plant’s internal operations along with its network of connections (upstream and downstream) can have an impact on…
Supply chain agility and performance: evidence from a meta-analysis
Rafaela Alfalla-Luque, Darkys E. Luján García, Juan A. Marin-GarciaThe link between supply chain agility (SCA) and performance has been tested in previous research with different samples and results. The present paper quantitatively analyses and…
Chrysalis of crisis: Covid-19 as a catalyst for awakening power and justice in a luxury fashion supply chain
Hakan Karaosman, Donna Marshall, Verónica H. VillenaThe purpose of this paper is to understand how supply chain actors in an Italian cashmere supply chain reacted to dependence and power use during the Covid-19 crisis and how this…
On the drivers of drug shortages: empirical evidence from Germany
David Francas, Stephan Mohr, Kai HobergDisruptions and shortages of drugs have become severe problems in recent years, which has triggered strong media and public interest in the topic. However, little is known about…
Process ambidexterity driven by environmental uncertainty: balancing flexibility and routine
Kangkang Yu, Jack Cadeaux, Ben Nanfeng Luo, Cheng QianThis study aims to extend ambidexterity theory from the perspective of organisational learning and examine how process ambidexterity, which comprises operational flexibility and…
Supplier selection at the base of the chain: navigating competing institutional logics for shared mutual value
C. Zoe Schumm, Linda S. NiehmTraditional purchasing best practices primarily follow a commercial logic and may not necessarily be applicable for social enterprises (SEs) supplier selection. This study…
When a dominant certified management standard is replaced: theoretical insights from the American hospital field
Steven Alexander Melnyk, William J. Ritchie, Eric Stark, Angela HeaveyDominant quality standards are present in all industries. Implicit in their use is the assumption that once adopted, there is little or no reason to replace them. However, there…
The impact of dyadic relationships in supply chain triads
Artur Swierczek, Natalia SzozdaThis study aims to investigate how relational capital derived by the buyer and supplier from the buyer-LSP and supplier-LSP dyads affects buyer-supplier adaptability and their…
Do ride-hailing drivers' psychological behaviors influence operational performance?
Yavuz Idug, Suman Niranjan, Ila Manuj, David Gligor, Jeffrey OgdenThe proliferation of ride-hailing businesses brings significant considerations for improving the driver's operational performance. Informed by the literature on sharing economy…
Grocery omnichannel perishable inventories: performance measures and influencing factors
Soroosh Saghiri, Emel Aktas, Maryam MohammadipourPerishable inventory management for the grocery sector has become more challenging with extended omnichannel activities and emerging consumer expectations. This paper aims to…
The metaverse as a breakthrough for operations and supply chain management: implications and call for action
Maciel M. Queiroz, Samuel Fosso Wamba, Susana Carla Farias Pereira, Charbel Jose Chiappetta JabbourThe metaverse development is in the early stages in most organizations and supply chains. There has been exponential growth in metaverse investments by leading tech and other…
The impact of corporate social responsibility decoupling on financial performance: the role of customer structure and operational slack
Chang He, Fu Jia, Liukai Wang, Lujie Chen, Kieran FernandesCorporate social responsibility (CSR) decoupling indicates a misalignment between how firms report CSR and what firms actually practice with respect to CSR. The purpose of this…
Blockchain-enabled supply chain operations and financing: the perspective of expectancy theory
Hua Song, Siqi Han, Kangkang YuThis study examines the cognitive factors of adopting blockchain technology in various supply chain scenarios and its role in reframing the distinctive values of supply chain…
Supply chain network structures and firm financial performance: the moderating role of international relations
Peng Luo, Eric W.T. Ngai, T.C. Edwin ChengThis paper examines the relationship between supply chain network structures and firm financial performance and the moderating role of international relations. In this study…
Developing and validating e-marketplace service quality model in B2G e-commerce settings: a mixed-methods approach
Sunil Nandankar, Amit Sachan, Arnab Adhikari, Arindam MukherjeeThe research aims to qualitatively explore e-marketplace service quality (EMSQ) from the perspective of an industrial buyer as a sole decision-maker. It further intends to…
Humanitarian supply chains and innovation: a focus on US food banks
Iana Shaheen, Arash Azadegan, Donna DavisTo effectively meet their social objectives, humanitarian organizations need to be more innovative and find novel ways to stay competitive. Yet there has been limited focus on…
Surfing with the tides: how digitalization creates firm performance through supply chain entrainment
Wantao Yu, Chee Yew Wong, Roberto Chavez, Mark JacobsDigitally oriented firms are faced with new opportunities and risks in today’s ever-changing world. Drawing upon organisational entrainment theory, this study investigates how…
Sustainable innovations for humanitarian operations in refugee camps
Lysann Seifert, Nathan Kunz, Stefan GoldAlthough the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) emphasize the importance of leaving no one behind, the opposite is happening for the world's 89 million forcibly displaced…
Integrating distribution, sales and services in manufacturing: a comparative case study
Torben Juul Andersen, Søren BeringThe aim of this study is to gain important insights on integration oriented servitization identifying essential dimensions of effective structures, coordination approaches and…
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