Journal of Global Operations and Strategic Sourcing: Volume 15 Issue 2

Guest editorial: Sourcing strategies and supply chain operations under the impact of COVID-19

Bhavin Shah, Pankaj Dutta, Angappa Gunasekaran, Surendra Kansara

Modeling the enablers of sourcing risks faced by startups in COVID-19 era

Aswathy Sreenivasan, M. Suresh

Startups across all sectors are affected by the COVID-19 pandemic and are facing a formidable challenge in terms of marketing and operations. Most of the startups have experienced…

Impact of COVID-19 on financial performance of logistics firms: evidence from G-20 countries

Osama Fayez Atayah, Mohamed Mahjoub Dhiaf, Khakan Najaf, Guilherme Francisco Frederico

This study aims to contribute to the extant literature on logistics by investigating the interrelationship between the financial performance of listed logistics firms and the…

Sustainable partner selection for collaborative networked organisations with risk consideration in the context of COVID-19

Yvonne Badulescu, Ari-Pekka Hameri, Naoufel Cheikhrouhou

Collaborative networked organisations (CNO) are a means of ensuring longevity and business continuity in the face of a global crisis such as COVID-19. This paper aims to present a…

Is COVID-19 a turning point in stopping global sourcing? Differentiating between declining continental and increasing transcontinental sourcing

Thomas Koerber, Holger Schiele

This research aims to investigate the impact of the current COVID-19 pandemic (C19, Corona) on trends of transcontinental sourcing as an extreme form of global sourcing. This…

Disruptions in sourcing and distribution practices of supply chains due to COVID-19 pandemic: a sustainability paradigm

Vishal Sharma, Amrinder Singh, Siddharth Shankar Rai

The present research paper is an attempt to study how COVID-19 can affect the global sourcing practices of various supply chain intermediaries across the demand chain. This study…

Digital technologies (DT) adoption in agri-food supply chains amidst COVID-19: an approach towards food security concerns in developing countries

Sudhanshu Joshi, Manu Sharma

This study aims to explore the critical factors for digital technologies (DT) adoption to develop a sustainable agri-food supply chain (AFSC). As the developing countries are…

Designing a drone assisted sample collection and testing system during epidemic outbreaks

Sayan Chakraborty, Raviarun Arumugaraj Nadar, Aviral Tiwari

A major component in managing pandemic outbreaks involves testing the suspected individuals and isolating them to avoid transmission in the community. This requires setting up…