Purpose This paper aims to strive to close the current research gap pertaining to potential
implications of the blockchain for supply chain management (SCM) by presenting a …

Highlights•Digitalization influences supply chain practice, and should therefore be
integrated as a new boundary condition in PSM research.•Blockchain technology influences …

Is it reasonable to speak of 'the'purchasing strategy, or do different hierarchical levels of
analysis need to be distinguished? A fragmented research field and a diverse set of …

Purpose The purpose of this paper is twofold. First, the authors provide a survey of
operations management (OM) research applications of traditional hierarchical and …

This paper aims to investigate the effects of supplier collaboration on the firm innovation
performance as well as the enabling characteristics of the purchasing function. This is an …

Past studies have often voiced concern that important megaprojects have repeatedly failed
due to extensive overruns, misunderstanding of expectations, or both. In this article, we …

Organisations increasingly see sustainability as an important element of their business
strategies, and the role of purchasing and supply functions is critical in translating …

Purpose The authors empirically examine purchasing strategy typologies based on strategic
intent (ie competitive priorities) and practices used to achieve these priorities. The authors …

Purpose Companies' ability to build sustainable supply chains and achieve strategic
sustainability objectives largely depends on their supply network characteristics and the …

Effective management of the supply network is essential to assure market success for
modern supply chains; starting from this, the paper aims to shed light on the dynamics of …