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AbstractPurpose - This paper is concerned with quantifying the effect of design parameters on the bullwhip effect and dynamic responses produced by a multi-echelon supply chain with information...
View ArticleOutsourcing Strategies of the Security Sector Through Acquisition Procedures
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AbstractPurpose - The effects of supply chain risk management (SCRM) on the performance of a supply chain remain unexplored. It is assumed that SCRM helps supply chains to cope with vulnerabilities...
View ArticleCritical Realism in Supply Chain Research: Understanding the Dynamics of a...
AbstractPurpose - The purpose of this paper is to show how a critical realist paradigmatic stance and its associated research methodology can contribute to supply-chain research by providing...
View ArticleAn examination of the causes for retail stockouts
AbstractPurpose - To increase our understanding of the causes for stockouts in retailing.Design/methodology/approach - Mixed methods study, using instore observations, interviews with key informants in...
View ArticleAssessment of E-Procurement Auction With a Balanced Scorecard
AbstractPurpose - This study assesses success factors associated with e-procurement auctions. The impacts of e-procurement auction success factors on the four indicators of the balanced scorecard are...
View ArticleExploring the Integration of Sustainability and Supply Chain Management -...
AbstractPurpose - This paper seeks to provide a snapshot of the existing research and suggest potential opportunities for academic inquiry related to the concept of sustainable supply chain...
View ArticleStarry-Eyed: Journal Rankings and the Future of Logistics Research
AbstractPurpose - This is a polemical paper challenging both the principle and practice of journal ranking. In recent years academics and their institutions have become obsessive about the star-ratings...
View ArticleAn examination of the causes for retail stockouts
AbstractPurpose– The purpose of this paper is to increase our understanding of the causes for stockouts in retailing. Design/methodology/approach– Mixed methods study, using instore observations,...
View ArticleAssessment of e-procurement auction with a balanced scorecard
AbstractPurpose– The purpose of the paper is to assess success factors associated with e-procurement auctions. The impacts of e-procurement auction success factors on the four indicators of the...
View ArticleExploring the integration of sustainability and supply chain management:...
AbstractPurpose– The aim of this paper is to provide a snapshot of the existing research and suggest potential opportunities for academic inquiry related to the concept of sustainable supply chain...
View ArticleStarry-eyed: journal rankings and the future of logistics research
AbstractPurpose– This is a polemical paper challenging both the principle and practice of journal ranking. In recent years academics and their institutions have become obsessive about the star-ratings...
View ArticleAn Exploration of Trust and Shared Values in UK Defence Supply Networks
AbstractPurpose - This paper develops a ‘line of sight’ between improved military capability through supply network effectiveness to trust and shared values, and tests the proposition that the...
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