The International Journal of Logistics Management: Volume 35 Issue 2

Collaborative research competencies in supply chain management: the role of boundary spanning and reflexivity

Martin Beaulieu, Claudia Rebolledo, Raphael Lissillour

This paper aims to investigate the competencies that researchers need to develop and employ for successful collaborative research.

What does “sustainable supply chain management” really mean? A contribution to bridging the gap between research, education and practice

Morgane M.C. Fritz, Salomée Ruel

This study explores practitioners' perspectives on and definitions of sustainable supply chain management (SSCM), which are then compared to academic definitions to identify new…

Business models for logistics service providers in industrial additive manufacturing supply chains

Anne Friedrich, Anne Lange, Ralf Elbert

This study identifies and characterizes configurations of generic business models for logistics service providers (LSPs) in the context of industrial additive manufacturing (AM)…

Are supply chain partnerships developed and implemented according to their potential?

Matias G. Enz, Douglas M. Lambert

Grounded in contingency theory and strategic fit theory, the goal for this research was to determine if managers differentiate in terms of the degree of partnership when…

Supplier involvement in NPD projects: the buyer's perspective on the complementary roles of social capital and social exchange for project performance

Lamiae Benhayoun, Marie-Anne Le-Dain, Tarik Saikouk, Holger Schiele, Richard Calvi

Buying firms involve suppliers early in New Product Development (NPD) projects to benefit from their capabilities. The authors investigate the joint impact on project performance…

The impacts of supply visibility and demand visibility on product innovation: the mediating role of supply chain integration

Miao Hu, Shenyang Jiang, Baofeng Huo

Drawing on absorptive capacity theory, this study explores the impacts of supply visibility and demand visibility on product innovation (i.e. exploratory and exploitative…

The role of supply chain integration between integrated information technology and financial performance – a disaggregated framework and findings

Emilio Ruzo-Sanmartín, Alaa Abdelaziz Abousamra, Carmen Otero-Neira, Göran Svensson

To examine the role of supply chain integration (SCI – i.e. supplier integration, customer integration and internal integration) between integrated information technology (IIT…

Port supply chain integration and sustainability: a resource-based view

Khaled Hussein, Dong-Wook Song

It is claimed that port supply chain integration (PSCI), thanks to its attributes, holds a potential to trigger a port to strategically sustain performance- and…

Adoption of online crowdsourced logistics during the pandemic: a consumer-based approach

Le Yi Koh, Ying Sien Peh, Xueqin Wang, Kum Fai Yuen

The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in a brand-new phenomenon in customer consumption patterns. This resulted from heightened health awareness brought on by the COVID-19 epidemic…

An investigation on consumers' preferences for parcel deliveries: applying consumer logistics in omni-channel shopping

Xueqin Wang, Yiik Diew Wong, Wenming Shi, Kum Fai Yuen

Omni-channel shopping affords consumers a variety of delivery options to receive products based on their preferred times and locations. By considering consumers' contributions…

Logistics value in e-commerce and its impact on customer satisfaction, loyalty and online retailers' performance

Arkadiusz Kawa, Wojciech Zdrenka

The purpose of this study is to identify the factors that create value for the customer in the area of e-commerce logistics and to verify whether these factors impact online…

An empirical research on the determinants of driver-partners' participative behaviour in crowd logistics: from a motivation theory perspective

Cam Tu Nguyen, Kum Fai Yuen, Thai Young Kim, Xueqin Wang

Crowd logistics is a rising phenomenon in last-mile delivery that integrates technological applications and sources a large number of participants to do logistical activities…

Dynamic capabilities for supply chain resilience: a meta-review

Gernot M. Stadtfeld, Tim Gruchmann

The research on supply chain resilience (SCRES) has gained momentum after organizations have experienced more frequent and severe disruptions, especially with COVID-19 and the…

Mobilising big data analytics capabilities to improve performance of tourism supply chains: the moderating role of dynamic capabilities

Yuvika Gupta, Farheen Mujeeb Khan, Anil Kumar, Sunil Luthra, Maciel M. Queiroz

With the emergence of big data analytics and the importance of analytics-driven decisions, the travel industry is swiftly jumping on and adopting the bandwagon. However, research…

Supply chain risk and resilience in startups, SMEs, and large enterprises: a systematic review and directions for research

Arsalan Safari, Vanesa Balicevac Al Ismail, Mahour Parast, Ismail Gölgeci, Shaligram Pokharel

This systematic literature review analyzes the academic literature to understand SC risk and resilience across different organizational sizes and industries. The academic…