The International Journal of Logistics Management
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Mobilising big data analytics capabilities to improve performance of tourism supply chains: the moderating role of dynamic capabilities
Yuvika Gupta, Farheen Mujeeb Khan, Anil Kumar, Sunil Luthra, Maciel M. QueirozWith the emergence of big data analytics and the importance of analytics-driven decisions, the travel industry is swiftly jumping on and adopting the bandwagon. However, research…
How to integrate ports into the EU ETS: the CAS approach perspective
İlke Sezin Ayaz, Umur Bucak, Soner EsmerThe European Union's Emissions Trading System (EU ETS), which is already one of the EU's most impactful instruments for reducing greenhouse gases (GHGs), will soon include the…
Leveraging autonomous mobile robots for Industry 4.0 warehouses: a multiple case study analysis
Abhay Kumar Grover, Muhammad Hasan AshrafDespite its potential, warehouse managers still struggle to successfully assimilate autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) in their operations. This paper means to identify the…
Collaborative research competencies in supply chain management: the role of boundary spanning and reflexivity
Martin Beaulieu, Claudia Rebolledo, Raphael LissillourThis paper aims to investigate the competencies that researchers need to develop and employ for successful collaborative research.
Greening warehouses through energy efficiency and environmental impact reduction: a conceptual framework based on a systematic literature review
Sara Perotti, Claudia ColicchiaThe purpose of this paper is to propose a framework of green strategies as a combination of energy-efficiency measures and solutions towards environmental impact reduction for…
Dynamic capabilities for supply chain resilience: a meta-review
Gernot M. Stadtfeld, Tim GruchmannThe research on supply chain resilience (SCRES) has gained momentum after organizations have experienced more frequent and severe disruptions, especially with COVID-19 and the…
Logistics value in e-commerce and its impact on customer satisfaction, loyalty and online retailers' performance
Arkadiusz Kawa, Wojciech ZdrenkaThe purpose of this study is to identify the factors that create value for the customer in the area of e-commerce logistics and to verify whether these factors impact online…
Port supply chain integration and sustainability: a resource-based view
Khaled Hussein, Dong-Wook SongIt is claimed that port supply chain integration (PSCI), thanks to its attributes, holds a potential to trigger a port to strategically sustain performance- and…
Sustainable green logistics and remanufacturing: a bibliometric analysis and future research directions
Ali Nikseresht, Davood Golmohammadi, Mostafa ZandiehThis study reviews scholarly work in sustainable green logistics and remanufacturing (SGLR) and their subdisciplines, in combination with bibliometric, thematic and content…
The impact of the stringency of environmental policy on a firm's financial performance: an empirical study of European automobile manufacturers
Fahimeh R. Chomachaei, Davood GolmohammadiThe authors investigate the impact of the stringency of environmental policy on the financial performance of European automobile manufacturers. This paper contributes to the…
Knowledge management for supply chain resilience in pharmaceutical industry: evidence from the Middle East region
Saad Zighan, Nidal Yousef Dwaikat, Ziad Alkalha, Moheeb AbualqumbozThis study investigates the role of supply chain knowledge management in enhancing pharmaceutical supply chain resilience.
Business models for logistics service providers in industrial additive manufacturing supply chains
Anne Friedrich, Anne Lange, Ralf ElbertThis study identifies and characterizes configurations of generic business models for logistics service providers (LSPs) in the context of industrial additive manufacturing (AM)…
Digital twin-based warehouse management system: a theoretical toolbox for future research and applications
Pratik Maheshwari, Sachin Kamble, Satish Kumar, Amine Belhadi, Shivam GuptaThe digital warehouse management system is an emergence that forms a critical part of the transformation of economic structure in Industry 4.0. In the present business scenario…
ICT-enabled approach for humanitarian disaster management: a systems perspective
Abhijeet GhadgeEach stage in disaster management faces different challenges concerning information gathering, sharing, interpretation and dissemination. However, a comprehensive understanding of…
What does “sustainable supply chain management” really mean? A contribution to bridging the gap between research, education and practice
Morgane M.C. Fritz, Salomée RuelThis study explores practitioners' perspectives on and definitions of sustainable supply chain management (SSCM), which are then compared to academic definitions to identify new…
Supply chain risk and resilience in startups, SMEs, and large enterprises: a systematic review and directions for research
Arsalan Safari, Vanesa Balicevac Al Ismail, Mahour Parast, Ismail Gölgeci, Shaligram PokharelThis systematic literature review analyzes the academic literature to understand SC risk and resilience across different organizational sizes and industries. The academic…
Inventory sharing in healthcare supply chains: systematic literature review and future research agenda
Panniphat Atcha, Ilias Vlachos, Satish KumarIneffective management inventory of medical products such as blood and vaccines can create severe repercussions for hospitals, clinics or medical enterprises, such as surgery…
A call to action: a stakeholder analysis of green logistics practices
Lorenzo Bruno Prataviera, Alessandro Creazza, Sara PerottiThere is a growing body of literature discussing the green logistics practices (GLPs) that companies could introduce to reduce the logistics environmental impact. Current…
Supply chain resource orchestration in emerging markets: an empirical examination of product launch performance
Matthew Jenkins, Timothy Munyon, Marc ScottEndeavoring to expand their global market presence, firms often launch products into emerging markets where managers face the daunting task of deploying products by managing…
An investigation on consumers' preferences for parcel deliveries: applying consumer logistics in omni-channel shopping
Xueqin Wang, Yiik Diew Wong, Wenming Shi, Kum Fai YuenOmni-channel shopping affords consumers a variety of delivery options to receive products based on their preferred times and locations. By considering consumers' contributions…
Are supply chain partnerships developed and implemented according to their potential?
Matias G. Enz, Douglas M. LambertGrounded in contingency theory and strategic fit theory, the goal for this research was to determine if managers differentiate in terms of the degree of partnership when…
Alignment of green supply chain strategies and operations from a product perspective
Ying Ye, Kwok Hung Lau, Leon TeoThis study aims to explore how green supply chain management (GSCM) strategies can be effectively implemented for business supply chain operations, relationship management and…
The impacts of supply visibility and demand visibility on product innovation: the mediating role of supply chain integration
Miao Hu, Shenyang Jiang, Baofeng HuoDrawing on absorptive capacity theory, this study explores the impacts of supply visibility and demand visibility on product innovation (i.e. exploratory and exploitative…
Leveraging shippers-logistics providers relationships for better sustainability in logistics: the perspective of SMEs
Alessandro Creazza, Claudia Colicchia, Pietro EvangelistaThe organization of services can affect the adoption of sustainable practices within the relationship between a buyer (e.g. a shipper) and a supplier (e.g. a logistics service…
The changing landscape of digital transformation in supply chains: impacts of industry 4.0 in Vietnam
Mohammadreza Akbari, Seng Kiat Kok, John Hopkins, Guilherme F. Frederico, Hung Nguyen, Abel Duarte AlonsoThe purpose of the article is to contribute to the body of research on digital transformation among members of the supply chain operating in an emerging economy. This paper…
A framework to build a resilient supply chain: a case study of Javanese tea in Indonesia
Megita Ryanjani Tanuputri, Hu BaiDetermining vulnerability and resilience is necessary to develop sustainable agribusiness. The purpose of this study is to clarify and understand the current condition and…
Supplier involvement in NPD projects: the buyer's perspective on the complementary roles of social capital and social exchange for project performance
Lamiae Benhayoun, Marie-Anne Le-Dain, Tarik Saikouk, Holger Schiele, Richard CalviBuying firms involve suppliers early in New Product Development (NPD) projects to benefit from their capabilities. The authors investigate the joint impact on project performance…
Linking decentralization in decision-making to resilience outcomes: a supply chain orientation perspective
Saban Adana, Ila Manuj, Michael Herburger, Sedat Cevikparmak, Hasan Celik, Hasan UvetGlobal supply chains are increasingly becoming more prone to high-impact disruptions, which has been fairly evident with the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. The…
Why supply chain complexity prevails: mapping the complexity capability development process
Markus Gerschberger, Stanley E. Fawcet, Amydee M. Fawcett, Melanie GerschbergerComplexity has been called the 21st-century supply chain (SC) challenge. Most SC managers view it as a necessary evil, ever-present, costly and tough to manage, and few prioritize…
The role of supply chain integration between integrated information technology and financial performance – a disaggregated framework and findings
Emilio Ruzo-Sanmartín, Alaa Abdelaziz Abousamra, Carmen Otero-Neira, Göran SvenssonTo examine the role of supply chain integration (SCI – i.e. supplier integration, customer integration and internal integration) between integrated information technology (IIT…
Keeping goods moving in the wake of a disaster: a qualitative study of intermodal transport
Cecile L'Hermitte, Liam Wotherspoon, Richard MowllThis paper examines what facilitates the swift reconfiguration of freight movements across transport modes in the wake of a major disaster.
Adoption of online crowdsourced logistics during the pandemic: a consumer-based approach
Le Yi Koh, Ying Sien Peh, Xueqin Wang, Kum Fai YuenThe COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in a brand-new phenomenon in customer consumption patterns. This resulted from heightened health awareness brought on by the COVID-19 epidemic…
The effects of power imbalance on supply chain sustainability adoption: evidence from the artisanal fishing industry
Sylvia Rivera-Valle, Minelle E. SilvaGrounded on resource dependence theory, the authors explored how power and dependence affect sustainability adoption in an artisanal fishing supply chain (AFSC) in Mexico.
Sustainability supply chain practices: proposal for a framework
Elisabete Correia, Susana Garrido, Helena CarvalhoThis paper proposes a framework for the implementation of sustainability practices by individual companies and corresponding supply chains (SCs), considering the various SC tiers…
Impacts of cognitive and social distances on supply chain capability: the moderating effect of information technology utilization
Qinfang Hu, Haowei Yu, Huirong Wu, Jing ChenThis study aims to examine how implicit distance (cognitive and social) impacts supply chain capabilities, and the roles of information technology (IT) utilization and supply…
Supply chain agility as the antecedent to firm sustainability in the post COVID-19
Michael Wang, Bin (Bill) WangCOVID-19 has caused critical supply chain problems, especially in sustainable supply chain management, but very few empirical studies have been explored how to improve the firm…
Responding to the COVID-19 pandemic – catching up in the food industry through business model innovation
Christopher Münch, Evi HartmannThe food supply chain worldwide has suffered severely due to the COVID-19 pandemic countermeasures. Previous research suggests that business model innovation (BMI) could be a…
Pressures, power relationships and governance mechanisms: a multi-tier supply chain approach
Giovanni Beccari Gemente, Andrea Lago da Silva, Eliciane Maria da Silva, Flavio Henrique CostaTo do this, the authors carried out a systematic literature review to answer three questions: (RQ1) Which external pressures affect an FC and its suppliers in an MSC? (RQ2) What…
Supply chain driven sustainability: ambidexterity, authentic leadership and interorganizational citizenship behavior
Ray Qing Cao, Isaac Elking, Vicky Ching GuThe purpose of this study is to examine how supply chain strategy affects a firm's sustainability performance and how the strength of that relationship is influenced by managerial…
Defensive pessimism and its effect on supply chain performance
Uchenna Peter Ekezie, Seock-Jin HongThis paper addresses a gap in task performance research, with a focus on supply chain operations, by exploring the role that defensive pessimism (DP)—a phenomenon sparsely studied…
Multi-demand supply chain triads and the role of Third-Party Logistics Providers
Ilias Vlachos, Vasiliki PolichronidouThird-party logistics providers (3PLs) have significantly evolved during the last decades, yet their role within a supply chain triad has been overlooked; this study examines…
Enhancing supply chain information sharing with third party logistics service providers
Mbali Cynthia Valashiya, Rose LukeThis study evaluated the enhancement of information sharing practices with third party logistics service providers (3PLs) in a supply chain solutions company that provides…
The role of an open analytics culture and analytics skills in adopting real-time supply chain analytics for higher performance
Marcos Paulo Valadares de Oliveira, Robert HandfieldThe study objective was to understand what components of organizational culture and capability combined with analytic skillsets are needed to allow organizations to exploit…
The sustainable development of rural-to-urban food supply chains in developing nations
Trang Hoang, John Bell, Pham Hung Hiep, Chad W. AutryThis paper explores how firms develop and mature sustainable supply chains (SSCs) in developing nations (DNs). The primitive resources, infrastructures and understanding of SSCs…
Understanding and predicting the determinants of blockchain technology adoption and SMEs' performance
Surajit Bag, Muhammad Sabbir Rahman, Shivam Gupta, Lincoln C. WoodThe success of SMEs' financial and market performance (MAP) depends on the firms' level of blockchain technology adoption (BCA) and identifying the crucial antecedents that…
Is supply chain finance an antidote to SMEs in the economic crisis? - A qualitative inquiry
Jaspreet Kaur, Satish Kumar, Rohit JoshiThis exploratory study aims to explore the operational and financial constraints faced by small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in India during the COVID-19 pandemic. The paper…
An optimization model for collaborative logistics among carriers in vehicle routing problems with cross-docking
Vahid Ghomi, David Gligor, Sina Shokoohyar, Reza Alikhani, Farnaz Ghazi NezamiCollaborative Logistics (CL) and merging operations are crucial strategies for reducing costs and improving service in transportation companies. This study proposes a model for…
A new taxonomy of fourth-party logistics: a lexicometric-based classification
Nejib Fattam, Tarik Saikouk, Ahmed Hamdi, Alan Win, Ismail BadraouiThis paper aims to elaborate on current research on fourth party logistics “4PL” by offering a taxonomy that provides a deeper understanding of 4PL service offerings, thus drawing…
E-grocery logistics: exploring the gap between research and practice
Arianna Seghezzi, Riccardo Mangiaracina, Angela TuminoThis paper investigates the logistics management in the e-grocery sector. It contrasts the key issues faced by practitioners and the topics addressed in the academic literature…
The contingency effects of dependence relationship on supply chain information sharing and agility
Chunguang Bai, Kannan Govindan, Baofeng HuoSupply chain agility (SCA) is the primary strategy for reducing impacts and quick recovery when supply chains experience a disruption risk, such as the COVID-19 pandemic. This…
A multi-tier approach to supply chain collaboration: implications of shopper solutions
Christopher Newman, David Gligor, Yoon-Na ChoThe authors explored the impact of a popular supply chain collaboration initiative – the shopper solution – on both retailers and manufacturers, as well as on the shopper.
Exploring relationships between service quality dimensions and customers satisfaction: empirical study in context to Indian logistics service providers
Anchal Gupta, Rajesh Kumar Singh, K. Mathiyazhagan, Pradeep Kumar Suri, Yogesh K. DwivediThis study aims to identify service quality dimensions for logistics service providers (LSPs) and to examine their relationships with customer satisfaction and customer loyalty.
Strategic opportunities for product-agnostic remanufacturing
Robin Hofmeester, Daniel R. EyersThere is now much emphasis in both research and practice on the principles of circular economies. In this paper remanufacturing is examined as a key enabler of circular practices…
Strategies to mitigate the impact of COVID-19 on supply chain disruptions: a multiple case analysis of buyers and distributors
Atif Saleem ButtThis paper explores the steps/countermeasures taken by buying and distributing firms to address supply chain disruptions caused by COVID-19.
Supply chains and COVID-19: impacts, countermeasures and post-COVID-19 era
Atif Saleem ButtThis paper explores the steps/countermeasures taken by firms to address supply chain disruptions in the wake of COVID-19.
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