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{"title":"Towards a theory of supplier embeddedness: Contextualized mechanisms, contingent conditions, interactive properties and unorthodox observations","authors":"Yusoon Kim","doi":"10.1016/j.pursup.2025.100994","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.pursup.2025.100994","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Buyer-supplier relationships, as typical hierarchical inter-firm arrangements, epitomize embedded dyadic situations, particularly for the suppliers' part. The embeddedness processes, presumably, will be different for suppliers and buyers. Extant embeddedness theory, however, does not differentiate the processes between the two parties. Rather, the prevalent approach to firm-level embeddedness simply borrows or elevates individual-level theorization. Consequently, the literature falls short in explaining how suppliers, as subordinate parties, are embedded in generally status-asymmetric relations. To fill the theoretical gap, this study theorizes <em>supplier embeddedness</em> (SE)—i.e., how a supplier's ways of strategizing, deciding and behaving are constrained by its (significant) buyer, and the extent to which such pattern varies across suppliers. Given the exploratory nature and theory elaboration purpose of our inquiry, we use a case-based research method. Specifically, we conducted case studies of eight suppliers of a single automaker (Automo) and employed abductive (merging inductive and deductive) reasoning, as particularly suited for theory elaboration. Our analysis of qualitative data revealed noticeable variances in suppliers' SE with respect to Automo, while unearthing context-specific mechanisms and their interactive properties that jointly characterize SE, as well as its antecedent/contingent conditions that define the boundaries of SE. Additionally, we made some unorthodox observations on inter-firm reciprocity and brokerage in our context. These findings are summarized in the form of propositions for future research.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":47950,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Purchasing and Supply Management","volume":"31 3","pages":"Article 100994"},"PeriodicalIF":6.8,"publicationDate":"2025-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144253570","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Implementing PBC as a procurement strategy in the public sector: Understanding strategy-structure fit","authors":"Cornelia Molitoris,&nbsp;Andreas H. Glas,&nbsp;Michael Eßig","doi":"10.1016/j.pursup.2025.100995","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.pursup.2025.100995","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Performance-based contracting (PBC) promises a win-win situation for suppliers and buyers in exchange relationships. It allows buyers to focus on their core competencies and shift responsibility for system sustainment to suppliers. The latter are expected to deliver services more efficiently and effectively, benefiting from higher profit margins and greater flexibility. However, successful implementation of PBC is vital to realise these advantages. This case study explores the contextual and structural factors influencing the implementation of PBC as a procurement strategy, drawing on implementation and strategic fit theory. The findings reveal seven critical factors influencing PBC implementation: strategic priorities, flexibility of legal requirements, the innovativeness of organisational culture, formalisation and centralisation of organisational structure, availability of organisational resources, and stakeholder communication. Moreover, the findings demonstrate that these factors are adaptable, with their case-specific composition determining which conceptual components of the PBC strategy are implemented. A strategy-structure fit for PBC implementation is achieved when the PBC concept and influencing factors are aligned.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":47950,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Purchasing and Supply Management","volume":"31 3","pages":"Article 100995"},"PeriodicalIF":6.8,"publicationDate":"2025-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144253571","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"What network and performance indicators can tell us about supply chain and sourcing resilience (and what they cannot)","authors":"Dmitry Ivanov","doi":"10.1016/j.pursup.2025.101014","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.pursup.2025.101014","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Supply chain (SC) resilience takes network connectivity and performance persistence perspectives, which supplement each other. The extant literature has developed a large body of knowledge about SC resilience's network and performance indicators. However, we are unaware of any published research combining these two perspectives in resilience assessment. Therefore, this study aims to advance our understanding of how network and performance indicators can mutually enhance each other when analysing SC resilience as both a system property (quality) and an outcome (quantity). The unique contribution of our study is a combined use of network science and discrete-event simulation allowing for mixed-method grounded integration of static and dynamic views of supply chain resilience. Using node degrees as network indicators and on-time delivery, fulfilment rate, and time-to-recovery as performance indicators, we examine reactions of these indicators to a disruption to the sourcing strategies of three different flexibility degrees. We observe that network science methods can be used to identify disruption existence while simulation methods allow quantifying performance impact. We show how and when the combined application of network and performance indicators can inform decision-makers about SC resilience, and propose a generalised guideline for a practical implementation of the developed approach. Our main conclusion is that SC resilience-assessment models can be mutually enhanced by including network characteristics and process dynamics through a combination of network analysis and simulation.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":47950,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Purchasing and Supply Management","volume":"31 3","pages":"Article 101014"},"PeriodicalIF":6.8,"publicationDate":"2025-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144253572","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Weaponizing Supply Chains: (Re)Configuring PSM strategies and practices in the era of geopolitical disruptions","authors":"Steven Carnovale,&nbsp;Carmela Di Mauro,&nbsp;Hamid Moradlou,&nbsp;Samuel Roscoe","doi":"10.1016/j.pursup.2025.101038","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.pursup.2025.101038","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":47950,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Purchasing and Supply Management","volume":"31 3","pages":"Article 101038"},"PeriodicalIF":6.8,"publicationDate":"2025-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144253816","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Rethinking purchasing and supply management education for sustainability and innovation challenges: Crafting a future-ready competency-based curriculum design","authors":"Klaas Stek ,&nbsp;Katia Picaud-Bello ,&nbsp;Volker Koch ,&nbsp;Thomas Johnsen","doi":"10.1016/j.pursup.2024.100974","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.pursup.2024.100974","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The strategic responsibilities of purchasing and supply management (PSM) professionals increase since they need to contribute to creating innovative solutions for environmentally sustainable products and services. Addressing this, our study introduces a competency-based curriculum design that surpasses traditional PSM knowledge dissemination, equipping students with vital interpersonal skills, intrapersonal attitudes, and professional competencies for sustainability and innovation. In collaboration with educators, PSM professionals, and students, we developed a future-ready course structure, including a massive open online course (MOOC) designed to meet evolving workplace demands. This curriculum offers practical, accessible tools for PSM educators to enhance their courses through a student-centred, project-based methodology. Our research presents an innovative educational framework, preparing students to excel in leadership roles that drive sustainability and innovation within global supply chains. By equipping students with these essential competencies, higher education institutions can develop the next generation of PSM leaders capable of fostering meaningful change in their industries.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":47950,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Purchasing and Supply Management","volume":"31 2","pages":"Article 100974"},"PeriodicalIF":6.8,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143894363","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"JPSM education special issue editorial (Part I): Innovative teaching approaches","authors":"George A. Zsidisin Ph.D., CPSM,&nbsp;Stephen Kelly Ph.D., MCIPS, SFHEA,&nbsp;Marika Tuomela-Pyykkönen M.Sc,&nbsp;Matias G. Enz Ph.D.,&nbsp;Temidayo O. Akenroye Ph.D., MCIPS, FHEA","doi":"10.1016/j.pursup.2025.101016","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.pursup.2025.101016","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Industry has a constant, if not increasing, demand for professionals with knowledge and competencies in Purchasing and Supply Management (PSM). Universities continue to be a primary source for creating that knowledge and disseminating those insights through published research, industry presentations and discussions, and with students in the classroom. Educating students at a variety of levels, including undergraduate, postgraduate, and executive, is a primary task of many educators’ jobs. However, there is a dearth of resources available, outside of several textbooks, published cases, and a handful of scattered published articles to help inform educators in how to improve course delivery, content, and student outcomes when teaching concepts and practices in PSM. The purpose of this two-part Special Issue is to disseminate current research and practice in PSM education and pedagogy. Our hope is that the insights from the articles in this Special Issue will help PSM educators by informing them of innovative pedagogical delivery methods, providing relevant course and program content and developing student competencies that translate into improving industry practice.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":47950,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Purchasing and Supply Management","volume":"31 2","pages":"Article 101016"},"PeriodicalIF":6.8,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143894356","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"From teaching with cases to teaching through case development: Making purchasing managers and students the designers of learning journeys","authors":"Lutz Kaufmann,&nbsp;Felix Reimann","doi":"10.1016/j.pursup.2024.100970","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.pursup.2024.100970","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The prevailing approach to producing and teaching case studies in purchasing and supply management (PSM) education involves faculty members' creating and providing finished cases for course participants to work with. This traditional approach still has merit; but PSM education also must evolve to meet the increasing and changing demands that PSM executives face in practice. We offer an advanced and experiential learning method, wherein participants both in degree courses and in executive education programs develop a case study and the accompanying teaching material based on their engagement with real-life PSM challenges. In particular, the process of crafting a teaching note requires participants to adopt a teacher's mindset and competencies, enhancing their effectiveness in practice as facilitators of ecosystems and as change managers. We also encourage faculty members to broaden the application of case studies beyond working on past situations. Case studies can be the end-product of field projects (consulting cases), and their development and use can be an integral part of a change management process when they become the means to gain employee commitment for ongoing strategic initiatives (implementation cases). The latter approach is particularly fruitful when case development is used in customized executive education programs because it allows the participants' learning to feed directly into major ongoing change projects in their company. As such, cases and the case development process have the potential to develop participants' competencies and to create direct business impact in far broader ways than traditional case study pedagogy allows.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":47950,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Purchasing and Supply Management","volume":"31 2","pages":"Article 100970"},"PeriodicalIF":6.8,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143894360","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Practice makes perfect: Using the total cost of ownership to teach global locational decision making","authors":"Jason J. Woldt ,&nbsp;Sameer Prasad ,&nbsp;Andrew Stapleton","doi":"10.1016/j.pursup.2024.100972","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.pursup.2024.100972","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>In this paper we introduce a three-stage Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) experiential learning exercise. Using data collected from 199 students across eight different semesters, we offer hypotheses grounded in the eclectic theory of international production and in behavioral decision making (System 1 and System 2 thinking) to make recommendations for educators and managers. In part one of the exercise, using System 1 thinking, we asked students to select far-shoring (e.g., China) or near-shoring (e.g., Mexico) as a manufacturing location and provide rationale to support their decision. We found that students selecting far-shoring used resource- and efficiency-seeking criteria while students selecting near-shoring used strategic- and market-based criteria. In addition, we found that students were prone to possible availability bias. We identified demographic factors impacting the decision-making process, and highlighted important variables not utilized by students enabling us to recommend changes in college curriculums. In the second and third parts of the exercise, we asked students to reanalyze their decisions using Total Cost of Ownership (System 2 thinking) and then reflect on their pre and post TCO decisions. Interestingly, though unexpectedly, it was encouraging to see a considerable number of students either willing to change their perspective or provide citations or scholarly support as part of the reflection. Such an experiential learning intervention including reflection and documentation is an important exercise to build current and future supply chain managers who can adapt to a dynamic, complex, and global environment. Our study adds to the literature by demonstrating the role of bias in global sourcing decision making and ways to mitigate for it.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":47950,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Purchasing and Supply Management","volume":"31 2","pages":"Article 100972"},"PeriodicalIF":6.8,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143894362","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Humanizing supply chains: Turning the spotlight towards remediation in modern slavery scholarship","authors":"Andrew P. Kach ,&nbsp;Vikram Bhakoo ,&nbsp;Fiona McGaughey ,&nbsp;Martijn Boersma ,&nbsp;Justine Nolan ,&nbsp;Shelley Marshall Lichtman","doi":"10.1016/j.pursup.2024.100991","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.pursup.2024.100991","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>As modern slavery and human rights due diligence legislation continues to evolve, businesses are under increased scrutiny to monitor their (global) supply chains. However, research surrounding modern slavery has identified that UK and Australian disclosure-based legislation is ineffective at driving substantive change. Regardless, as governments and policy makers strive toward due diligence, it is imperative that organizations uncover modern slavery incidents in their extended supply chains. After discovery of a violation, remediation is necessary; yet, how businesses handle incidents of modern slavery, particularly throughout their supply chains, is a nascent and prickly issue. We contribute to the conversation within the supply chain modern slavery domain by developing a fertile landscape for future research endeavors connected to modern slavery remediation policy. In doing so, we suggest bold collaboration ideas that PSM scholars can pursue with other disciplines. We hope that this essay will stimulate cross disciplinary scholarship but more importantly facilitate developing meaningful and sustainable solutions for victims/survivors of modern slavery.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":47950,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Purchasing and Supply Management","volume":"31 1","pages":"Article 100991"},"PeriodicalIF":6.8,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143535235","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The role of blockchain technology in supply chain relationships: Balancing efficiency and relational dynamics","authors":"Raffaele Silvestri ,&nbsp;Elisa Carloni ,&nbsp;Domenico Morrone ,&nbsp;Savino Santovito","doi":"10.1016/j.pursup.2024.100967","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.pursup.2024.100967","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The increasing adoption of blockchain technology (BCT) is transforming operations and relational dynamics within agri-food supply chains. Despite a growing number of studies, the impact of BCT on supply chain relationships remains underexplored. This research identifies the salient elements of the link between BCT and relationships. It explores these empirically to understand the impact of BCT adoption and implementation on supply chain relationships in the agri-food industry, relying on social exchange theory and focusing on trust, formal information flow mechanisms, and quality of information flows and communication.</div><div>This study undertakes a multiple qualitative case study analysis of seven Italian companies involved in the agri-food industry operating in the wine, beer, and dairy sectors who are considered pioneers of BCT adoption. The results indicate a positive impact of BCT on the automation of supply chain contracts and operational efficiency, on one hand, and the increased quality of relationships, on the other. Supply chain coordination is required for BCT to be effective. In highly concentrated sectors, the contractual power exerted by big players is a vital factor, while in more fragmented and dispersed industries the role of persuasion, relationships, and supply chain contracts are key.</div><div>Three key insights emerge and are discussed. These concern: (i) the rethinking of the role of trust in supply chain relationships impacted by the adoption of BCT; (ii) the enhancement of information-sharing and flow mechanisms in supply chain relationships through the adoption of BCT; and (iii) the optimization of information flow quality and communication dynamics through the adoption of BCT.</div><div>This study contributes to the existing literature by providing novel empirical evidence regarding the impact of BCT on relationships. It further contributes to the existing literature by analyzing the impact of blockchain applications on the upstream and downstream levels of the supply chain from a management perspective and by identifying the beneficial exchanges, norms, and principles that shape interactions when BCT is implemented.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":47950,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Purchasing and Supply Management","volume":"31 1","pages":"Article 100967"},"PeriodicalIF":6.8,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143535243","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}