The International Journal of Logistics Management: Volume 32 Issue 4

Strategic supply chains: a configurational perspective

Javad Feizabadi, David Gligor, Somayeh Alibakhshi

Drawing on configuration theory and adopting a holistic perspective, the authors aim to explore strategic supply chain elements' interaction with internal and external contextual…

Ecosystems 4.0: redesigning global value chains

Marie-Christin Schmidt, Johannes W. Veile, Julian M. Müller, Kai-Ingo Voigt

The study analyses how Industry 4.0 and underlying digital technologies influence the design of ecosystems in global value chains (GVCs).

Industry 4.0 technologies as enablers of lean and agile supply chain strategies: an exploratory investigation

Ibrahim Oluwole Raji, Eduard Shevtshenko, Tommaso Rossi, Fernanda Strozzi

Lean and agile are essential supply chain management (SCM) strategies that enhance companies' performance. Previous studies have reported the capabilities of different SCM…

The effect of supply chain responsiveness on customer development

David Asamoah, Dorcas Nuertey, Benjamin Agyei-Owusu, Joseph Akyeh

The study examines how supply chain responsiveness (logistics process responsiveness, operations systems responsiveness and supplier network responsiveness) impacts the ability of…

Intangible supply chain complexity, organizational structure and firm performance

Pushpesh Pant, Shantanu Dutta, S.P. Sarmah

The purpose of this paper is to conduct a large-sample empirical examination of how intangible supply chain complexity impacts firm performance in light of a firm's organizational…

Supplier performance measurement system use, relationship trust, and performance improvement: a dyadic perspective

Vieri Maestrini, Andrea Stefano Patrucco, Davide Luzzini, Federico Caniato, Paolo Maccarrone

Grounding on resource orchestration theory, this paper aims to study the relationship between the way buying companies use their supplier performance measurement systems and the…

Impacts of strategic orientations on Saudi firm performance: is supply chain integration a missing link?

Amin K. Alsadi, Wassim J. Aloulou

Little previous research has investigated the relationships among strategic orientations, supply chain integration and firm performance. The purpose of this study is to advance a…

Strategic supplier management in nascent firms: an examination of how nascent firms improve customer attractiveness to obtain strategic supplier collaboration

Matthew Jenkins, Mary Holcomb

The purpose of this paper is to empirically investigate the activities that nascent firms undertake to improve customer attractiveness and gain collaborative commitment from…

Exploring the knowledge development trajectories of the supply chain finance domain: a main path analysis

Dejian Yu, Libo Sheng

Supply chain finance (SCF), which is able to manage financial flows along the supply chains effectively, has received wide attention from all over the world. Faced with the…

On-demand food delivery: a systematic literature review

Arianna Seghezzi, Matthias Winkenbach, Riccardo Mangiaracina

The purpose of this paper is twofold: first, to review the extant academic literature on on-demand food delivery (ODFD) services, i.e. the delivery of freshly prepared meals from…

Intelligent and efficient? An empirical analysis of human–AI collaboration for truck drivers in retail logistics

Dominic Loske, Matthias Klumpp

Technological advances regarding artificial intelligence (AI) are affecting the transport sector. Although fully autonomous delivery, or self-driving trucks, are not operating…

Incorporating the risk of knowledge loss in supply chain risk management

Abdelkader Daghfous, Abroon Qazi, M. Sajid Khan

The literature on supply chain risk management (SCRM) has investigated a multitude of supply chain risks. This paper aims to make a case for the importance of managing the risk of…

Investigating the relationships between uncertainty types and risk management strategies in cross-border e-commerce logistics

Maria Giuffrida, Hai Jiang, Riccardo Mangiaracina

Due to its fast growth, cross-border e-commerce (CBEC) is becoming a popular internationalization model, especially in those destination markets with impressive e-commerce…

Exploring vulnerability and resilience of shipping for coastal communities during disruptions: findings from a case study of Vancouver Island in Canada

Samsul Islam, Floris Goerlandt, Mohammad Jasim Uddin, Yangyan Shi, Noorul Shaiful Fitri Abdul Rahman

This study aims to improve understanding of how coastal maritime transport system of Vancouver Island would be disrupted in disaster events, and the strategies could be used to…

The impact of digital logistics start-ups on incumbent firms: a business model perspective

Jasmin Mikl, David M. Herold, Marek Ćwiklicki, Sebastian Kummer

Digital freight forwarder (DFF) start-ups and their associated business models have gained increasing attention within both academia and industry. However, there is a lack of…

Analysing the complexities of sustainable wood supply chain in the Amazon: a systems thinking approach

Arun A. Elias, Flavia Donadelli, Ely L. Paiva, Paulo Philipe Bacic Araujo

The overall objective of this study is to holistically analyse the complexities involved in the adoption of sustainable wood supply chain in the Amazon and to develop strategic…