{"title":"Sustainability adoption through buyer supplier relationship across supply chain: A literature review and conceptual framework","authors":"Divesh Kumar Ph.D. Scholar , Zillur Rahman (Associate Professor)","doi":"10.1016/j.ism.2015.04.002","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ism.2015.04.002","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The sustainability of an entire supply chain and the final product is affected by the sustainability performance of each partner in the chain. The buyer-supplier relationship plays an important role in improving sustainability of the supply chain. This paper aims to provide a systematic review of existing literature on the adoption of sustainability practices through supply relationships. To this end, a structured literature review has been carried out that analyzes published research, evaluates contributions, and summarizes the results. The authors selected only those papers that discussed sustainability practices adoption and relationship management in the supply chain. An in-depth analysis of the supply chain and its processes reveals that a buyer-supplier relationship should be determined on the basis of the capability and capacity of the partner (supplier). In cases where the supplier firm lacks capability or capacity, the focal firm may decide to help or extend support. The buyer-supplier relationship starts with selecting suppliers based on their sustainability standards. In order to give a better understanding of the mechanisms active, and processes involved in the development of a sustainable supply chain, the authors offer a conceptual model. The study also identifies indicators, enablers and barriers to a sustainable supply chain.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100721,"journal":{"name":"International Strategic Management Review","volume":"3 1","pages":"Pages 110-127"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.ism.2015.04.002","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"87128044","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A SWOT framework for analyzing the electricity supply chain using an integrated AHP methodology combined with fuzzy-TOPSIS","authors":"Kazem Zare, Javad Mehri-Tekmeh, Sepideh Karimi","doi":"10.1016/j.ism.2015.07.001","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ism.2015.07.001","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Supply chain refers to the integrated chain of organizations, loops, persons who are involving in stuff generation and costumer servicing. One of these services is the electricity which can be consumed as domestic, industrial, agriculture and etc. It can be considered that the electric power supply chain network has four stages which are electricity generation, transmission, distribution and consumption. In this paper, a framework of Strengths-Weaknesses-Opportunities-Threats (SWOT) is presented to analysis the electricity supply chain in north-west of Iran. In this regard, some interviews are done with several experts of electricity industry. In addition, an integrated AHP method which is combined with fuzzy-TOPSIS is proposed to prioritize the SWOT factors for the proposed electricity supply chain. The results show that the proposed method can be used effectively in order to determine a strategy plan with high prioritizing for planning and decision-making in electricity supply chain.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100721,"journal":{"name":"International Strategic Management Review","volume":"3 1","pages":"Pages 66-80"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.ism.2015.07.001","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"82808267","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Roles and Resource Contributions of Customers in Value Co-creation","authors":"Amit Kumar Agrawal , Zillur Rahman","doi":"10.1016/j.ism.2015.03.001","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ism.2015.03.001","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Acknowledging and incorporating customers’ skills and competencies has enabled businesses serve their customers more effectively and efficiently. Customer empowerment through adoption of modern technologies has further accelerated the process of joint value creation between firms and their customers. This article aims to determine the various roles played and resources contributed by customers in the co-creation of value. This study looks upon the various forms of value co-creation from the customer's perspective while elaborating on the various resources contributed by the customer and presents a conceptual framework of value co-creation. Both academics and practitioners could learn from behaviours displayed by customers in each of their roles and manage them accordingly.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100721,"journal":{"name":"International Strategic Management Review","volume":"3 1","pages":"Pages 144-160"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.ism.2015.03.001","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"90038991","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Peterson Obara Magutu , Josiah Aduda , Richard Bitange Nyaoga
{"title":"Does Supply Chain Technology Moderate the Relationship between Supply Chain Strategies and Firm Performance? Evidence from Large-Scale Manufacturing Firms in Kenya","authors":"Peterson Obara Magutu , Josiah Aduda , Richard Bitange Nyaoga","doi":"10.1016/j.ism.2015.07.002","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ism.2015.07.002","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>This paper is cognizant of the fact that literature on supply chain strategies is limited and still evolving; and literature on supply chain technology mainly focused on the adoptions, but not on the moderating effect on the relationship between supply chain strategies and firm performance. The purpose of this study is to determine the extent to which supply chain technology moderates the relationship between supply chain strategies and performance of large-scale manufacturing firms in Kenya. Proportionate sampling was used to obtain a sample of one hundred and thirty-eight (138) from a population of six hundred and twenty-seven (627) large scale manufacturing firms. The descriptive statistics, reliability and validity tests of the constructs, correlation analysis, regression analysis and factor analysis models were used to test the hypotheses. The findings indicate that there is a strong significant relationship between supply chain technologies, supply chain strategies and firm performance, implying that both supply chain technology and supply chain strategies explain 88.2% of the changes in the firm's performance. The net effect of both supply chain strategies and technologies is explained by the coefficient of product moderating variable (SC Strategy*Technology beta = 0.532) which shows that supply chain technology is a significant moderator of the relationship between supply chain strategies and firm performance. This study cleared some contradictions to support the position that firms should invest in supply chain configurations and technologies that lead to improved service delivery accompanied by enhanced operational and overall firm performance</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100721,"journal":{"name":"International Strategic Management Review","volume":"3 1","pages":"Pages 43-65"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.ism.2015.07.002","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"90068808","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Factors Affecting Green Purchase Behaviour and Future Research Directions","authors":"Yatish Joshi , Zillur Rahman","doi":"10.1016/j.ism.2015.04.001","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ism.2015.04.001","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>This study reviewed 53 empirical articles on green purchase behavior from 2000 to 2014. This is one of the first study that reviewed articles related to attitude - behaviour inconsistencies in the context of green purchasing. This review identified various prevalent motives, facilitators and barriers affecting purchase decision-making towards green products and provides possible explanations for inconsistencies reported in green purchase behavior. All These factors are divided into those unique to the individual decision maker and those considered situational in nature. Consumer's environmental concern and products functional attributes emerged as the two major determinants of consumer green purchase behavior. The paper informs about the main predictors of consumer's green purchase behavior. In this way, it will help policy makers and managers in formulating and implementing strategies to encourage green purchasing.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100721,"journal":{"name":"International Strategic Management Review","volume":"3 1","pages":"Pages 128-143"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.ism.2015.04.001","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"77865294","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A review and future directions of brand experience research","authors":"Imran Khan , Zillur Rahman","doi":"10.1016/j.ism.2015.09.003","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ism.2015.09.003","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Brand experience has been gaining increased importance in marketing literature, as marketers consider it a vital strategy in building long term consumer-brand relationship. This study attempts to do a comprehensive assessment and synthesis of academic literature on brand experience. To do this, authors take up a systematic review, identifies and analyses 73 relevant articles from 38 journals. The analysis provides significant information about–empirical versus conceptual studies, industry focus, country of research, research design, data analysis techniques and nature of sampling method and respondents. This study presents methodological trend in brand experience studies with reference to Meredith,Raturi, Amoako-Gyampah, and Kaplan (1989) framework, and it has been found that majority of the studies are based on people's perception of object reality (logical positivist/empiricist paradigm based researches). A conceptual framework about brand experience antecedents and consequences is also presented. At last, we provide discussion and suggestions for future research, followed by limitations of the study.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100721,"journal":{"name":"International Strategic Management Review","volume":"3 1","pages":"Pages 1-14"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.ism.2015.09.003","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"77059324","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Evaluating factors in implementation of successful green supply chain management using DEMATEL: A case study","authors":"Sumeet Gandhi , Sachin Kumar Mangla (Assistant Professor) , Pradeep Kumar , Dinesh Kumar","doi":"10.1016/j.ism.2015.05.001","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ism.2015.05.001","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Increasing pressures from stakeholders, government and non-government agencies are forcing the industries to implement Green Supply Chain Management (GSCM) initiatives. A successful implementation of GSCM is important for industries to increase economic-environmental performances and to ensure sustainability in business. The prime objective of this research is to evaluate the important factors associated with the successful implementation of GSCM. This paper proposes a Decision Making Trial and Evaluation Laboratory (DEMATEL) approach to develop a structural model for evaluating the influential factors among recognized factors. The proposed DEMATEL method enables to study the interrelationship between the evaluated factors through a causal diagram. To show the real-life applicability of the proposed DEMATEL based model, an empirical case studyof an Indian manufacturing company is conducted. Research findings indicate that Top Management Commitment, Human Technical Expertise, Financial Factors, has obtained the highest influential power for accomplishing the successful GSCM adoption. Conclusions and implications for managers are also discussed.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100721,"journal":{"name":"International Strategic Management Review","volume":"3 1","pages":"Pages 96-109"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.ism.2015.05.001","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"88686273","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The influence of the personal values of the leader on the growth of SMEs in Cameroon","authors":"Boubakary","doi":"10.1016/j.ism.2015.09.002","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ism.2015.09.002","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>A large number of studies were interested on the explanatory factors of the growth of SMEs related to the characteristics of the leader, but few of these studies have considered the influence of the personnel value of the leader on the growth of SMEs. This research seeks to fill this gap by focusing only on personnel value of the leader in a Cameroonian context where the failure rate of SMEs is very high. Our results show that the desire for autonomy, the self-esteem and the ethics of the leader exert a positive and considerable influence on the growth of this kind of enterprise.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100721,"journal":{"name":"International Strategic Management Review","volume":"3 1","pages":"Pages 15-23"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.ism.2015.09.002","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"74794896","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Sanjay Kumar Professor , Sunil Luthra Lecturer , Abid Haleem Professor , Sachin K. Mangla Assistant Professor , Dixit Garg Professor & Head
{"title":"Identification and evaluation of critical factors to technology transfer using AHP approach","authors":"Sanjay Kumar Professor , Sunil Luthra Lecturer , Abid Haleem Professor , Sachin K. Mangla Assistant Professor , Dixit Garg Professor & Head","doi":"10.1016/j.ism.2015.09.001","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ism.2015.09.001","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Technology Transfer (TT) process has been one of the most important activities in management of innovations in products, processes and services. It has been realized that critical factors (CFs) related to TT process need to be identified and evaluated. In this study, an attempt is made to analyze ranking of CFs of technology transfer. Twenty four CFs have been sorted by carrying out extensive review of literature and categorized in to five dimensions using experts’ inputs. Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) methodology has been identified to be used for ranking of dimensions and CFs of technology transfer. All pair wise comparisons dealt with in AHP were made on the basis of opinions of experts. ‘Regulatory concerns’ has been prioritized as most important dimension of technology transfer. ‘International bodies’, ‘Government authorities’ and ‘Environmental concerns’ have been rated top three most important CFs based upon overall weight values of CFs. A conceptual model of interactions among these critical factors has also been presented which has further facilitatedtowards:proposing strategic framework; identifying practical and strategic implications; and deducing a strategic action plan for technology transfer process. This paper may help managers/practitioners to evaluate critical factors of technology transfer process towards achieving cost effective TT implementation and efficient management of resources.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100721,"journal":{"name":"International Strategic Management Review","volume":"3 1","pages":"Pages 24-42"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.ism.2015.09.001","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"80427291","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Business regulations and economic growth: What can be explained?","authors":"Boudhiaf Messaoud , Zribi El Ghak Teheni","doi":"10.1016/j.ism.2014.03.001","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ism.2014.03.001","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>This paper investigates business regulations-economic growth nexus in 162 countries over the period 2007-2011. It uses ten indicators of Doing Business and a set of control variables. The results provide a robust link between regulation indices and economic growth except Trading Across Borders and Dealing with Construction Permits indices. Regulation indices and control variables don't matter in term of growth induction in Africa. This finding suggests some policy conclusions that can help poor nations to grow faster.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100721,"journal":{"name":"International Strategic Management Review","volume":"2 2","pages":"Pages 69-78"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.ism.2014.03.001","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"84846241","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}