International Journal of Operations & Production Management: Volume 38 Issue 2

Burden or blessing in disguise: interactions in supply chain complexity

Hendryk Dittfeld, Kirstin Scholten, Dirk Pieter Van Donk

While systems theory explicitly considers interactions as part of a system’s complexity, supply chain complexity (SCC) is mostly conceptualized and measured as a linear summation…

The diffusion network of research knowledge in operations management

Alan Pilkington, Jack R. Meredith

The purpose of this paper is to examine how the research knowledge in OM has been obtained and distributed since the first journals in OM began publication in 1980, changes in the…

Structuring servitization-related research

Rodrigo Rabetino, Willem Harmsen, Marko Kohtamäki, Jukka Sihvonen

The purpose of this paper is to organize and connect past research from different servitization-related scholarly communities.

Risk interaction identification in international supply chain logistics: Developing a holistic model

Dong-Wook Kwak, Vasco Sanchez Rodrigues, Robert Mason, Stephen Pettit, Anthony Beresford

International supply chains can be severely disrupted by failures in international logistics processes. Therefore, an understanding of international logistics risks, or causes of…

Keeping up with growing complexity of managing global operations

Kasra Ferdows

The purpose of this paper is to argue that operations management (OM) scholars ought to be among the thought leaders in research into the design and management of global…

Modeling management behaviors in lean production environments

Arnaldo Camuffo, Fabrizio Gerli

The purpose of this paper is to identify and empirically validate a repertoire of management behaviors associated with the adoption of lean systems, showing how a subset of such…

Structure-integration relationships in oil and gas supply chains

Seyed Mohammad Ebrahimi, S.C.L. Koh, Andrea Genovese, Niraj Kumar

Although studies have demonstrated the importance of supply chain integration (SCI) strategies in improving firm performance, very little is understood about how the…

The role of strategic purchasing in dynamic capability development and deployment: A contingency perspective

Alistair Brandon-Jones, Desiree Knoppen

The purpose of this paper is to report on research into the impact of two sequential dimensions of strategic purchasing – purchasing recognition and purchasing involvement – on…

Who’s who in the project zoo? The ten core project roles

Ofer Zwikael, Jack R. Meredith

The purpose of this paper is to resolve a core issue in project management research and practice – inconsistent terminology of key project roles. This inconsistency has negative…

Effects of absorptive capacity, trust and information systems on product innovation

Min Zhang, Xiande Zhao, Marjorie Lyles

The purpose of this paper is to empirically investigate the mechanisms through which absorptive capacity (AC), trust and information systems jointly influence product innovation.

Lean bundles and configurations: a fsQCA approach

Ambra Galeazzo, Andrea Furlan

The purpose of this paper is to examine whether there are different configurations of lean bundles leading to successful (bad) financial performance and to explore how the…

Examining desorptive capacity in supply chains: the role of organizational ambidexterity

María Isabel Roldán Bravo, Antonia Ruiz-Moreno, Francisco Javier Lloréns Montes

The purpose of this paper is to explain how a buying organization’s desorptive capacity relative to its supply network enhances the organization’s supply chain competence. The…

The social benefits of kaizen initiatives in healthcare: an empirical study

Thomas Bortolotti, Stefania Boscari, Pamela Danese, Hebert Alonso Medina Suni, Nicholas Rich, Pietro Romano

The purpose of this paper is to identify the most influential determinants of healthcare employees’ problem-solving capabilities and attitudes towards kaizen initiatives, and…

Building bridges: boundary spanners in servitized supply chains

Mehmet Chakkol, Antonios Karatzas, Mark Johnson, Janet Godsell

Solutions provision depends on effective and efficient supply chains. Existing discourse within servitization has remained at the organisational or inter-organisational level with…