Table of contents - Special Issue: EUROMA 2020 Conference Special
Guest Editors: Pietro Micheli, Mark Johnson, Janet Godsell
Catastrophic supply chain disruptions and supply network changes: a study of the 2011 Japanese earthquake
Byung-Gak Son, Sangho Chae, Canan Kocabasoglu-HillmerCatastrophic supply chain disruptions can significantly damage the operational and financial performance of firms. While a growing body of literature on supply network structures…
Improving professional service operations: action research in a law firm
Krishna Chaitanya Balthu, Ben CleggThe purpose of this paper is to demonstrate how action research-based interventions can effect change in a complex and challenging professional service environment (Lewis and…
Embracing supply base complexity: the contingency role of strategic purchasing
Melek Akın Ateş, Huriye MemişThis paper aims to empirically examine the moderating role of strategic purchasing on the relationship between supply base complexity (SBC) and purchasing performance.
The interaction between supply networks and internal networks: performance implications
Fabienne Chedid, Canan Kocabasoglu-Hillmer, Jörg M. RiesThe importance of the supply network to firm performance is well documented. Until now, the firm and its suppliers have been conceptualized as single entities. Yet, multinational…
Paradoxical tensions in sustainable supply chain management: insights from the electronics multi-tier supply chain context
Axel Georg Zehendner, Philipp C. Sauer, Patrick Schöpflin, Anni-Kaisa Kähkönen, Stefan SeuringManaging supply chains (SCs) for sustainability often results in conflicting demands, which can be conceptualized as sustainability tensions. This paper studies sustainability…
Inside the multi-tier supply firm: exploring responses to institutional pressures and challenges for sustainable supply management
Shobod Deba Nath, Gabriel EwejeThe purpose of this study is to examine how multi-tier suppliers respond to the institutional pressures for the implementation of sustainable supply management (SSM) practices in…
Role of personal anxiety in individual kaizen behaviour and performance: evidence from Japan
Kodo Yokozawa, Hao Anh Nguyen, Thi Bich Hanh TranThis study examines the role of anxiety in kaizen behaviour and performance by empirically testing the influence of personal anxiety (state and trait) on individual kaizen…
Kaizen event process quality: towards a phase-based understanding of high-quality group problem-solving
José C.M. Franken, Desirée H. van Dun, Celeste P.M. WilderomAs a problem-solving tool, the kaizen event (KE) is underutilised in practice. Assuming this is due to a lack of group process quality during those events, the authors aimed to…
Productivity improvement and multiple management controls: evidence from a manufacturing firm
Michael Güldenpfennig, Kim Sundtoft Hald, Allan HansenThe present paper explores the multiple management control systems (MCSs) involved in productivity improvement (PI) in manufacturing and how they interrelate. Research has largely…
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hybridEditors:
- Dr Tobias Schoenherr
- Prof. Constantin Blome
- Robert D. Klassen