Supply Chain Management: Volume 23 Issue 5

Social capital is not for sale: a supply network perspective on mergers and acquisitions

Mehmet Chakkol, Max Finne, Jawwad Z. Raja, Mark Johnson

Mergers and acquisitions (M&As) often lead to significant changes in the focal supply networks, hence disrupting firm-level relationships. Little is known about the supply network…

Assessment of traditional food supply chain performance using triadic approach: the role of relationships quality

Željka Mesic, Adrienn Molnár, Marija Cerjak

The objectives of this paper were twofold: to explore if there are differences in the perceptions about supply chain performance (SCP) and relationship quality (RQ) among…

Supply chain management in Latin America: current research and future directions

Martin Tanco, Matias Escuder, Gerardo Heckmann, Daniel Jurburg, Josue Velazquez

For the past 20 years, Latin American countries have gone from being a low-cost region to significant players in the world economy, with five of its countries ranked among the…

Supply chain integration capabilities, green design strategy and performance: a comparative study in the auto industry

Yang Liu, Constantin Blome, Joe Sanderson, Antony Paulraj

This paper aims to examine how supply chain integration capabilities inform green design strategy adoption and whether green design strategy can lead to higher levels of…

The impact of modular designs on new product development outcomes: the moderating effect of supply chain involvement

Yuxiao Ye, Baofeng Huo, Min Zhang, Bill Wang, Xiande Zhao

This study aims to investigate the impacts of product modularity (PM) and multiskilled employees (MEs) on new product development (NPD) outcomes and explore the moderating effect…