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{"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}

{"title":"Establishing buyer-supplier self-organization through LSP brokered learning and information technologies: The effects on relational performance in logistic service triads","authors":"Artur Swierczek","doi":"10.1016/j.pursup.2024.100956","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.pursup.2024.100956","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Logistics service providers (LSPs) can have a profound impact on other companies operating in supply chains. To investigate the role of LSP, we propose and develop the concept of brokered LSP learning (i.e., supply chain learning run by the LSP) as exploitation and exploration practices imposed by the single actor to run organizational learning among supply chain actors. The research examines how supply chain learning run by the LSP affects self-organization of the buyer-supplier dyad and triadic relational performance. Our results provide insight into whether LSP-brokered learning alone is sufficient to improve triadic relational performance. The study shows that LSP-brokered learning, supported by decentralized technologies, has a positive effect on buyer-supplier self-organization. As a resulting effect, the study also operationalizes triadic relational performance composed of the joint impact of relational performances produced by three dyads in the logistics service triads, which can be improved by buyer-supplier self-organization.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":47950,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Purchasing and Supply Management","volume":"31 1","pages":"Article 100956"},"PeriodicalIF":6.8,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142180533","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}

{"title":"“Love thy neighbor, but don’t pull down your hedge”: The influence of interdependence with major customers on supplier productivity","authors":"Ta-Wei Kao ,&nbsp;Hung-Chung Su ,&nbsp;Young K. Ro ,&nbsp;Wayne Fu","doi":"10.1016/j.pursup.2024.100969","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.pursup.2024.100969","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This research examines how mutual and relative dependence on major customers impact supplier productivity. We investigate two research questions: (1) Does the extent of mutual dependence between a supplier and its major customer base exhibit a non-linear impact on supplier productivity? (2) How does the combined influence of the supplier’s relative dependence and mutual dependence on major customers affect supplier productivity? Using major customer relationship data from Compustat segment files, we construct a longitudinal dataset in the manufacturing industry for the period 1998–2017. We estimate supplier productivity accounting for selection bias and employ the fixed effect regression approach to examine the effects of mutual dependence and relative dependence on supplier productivity. Moreover, we address potential endogeneity in the model with the control function approach. Our results indicate an inverted curvilinear relationship between a supplier’s mutual dependence on its major customers and its productivity: While increased mutual dependence initially enhances productivity, the marginal returns diminish. Interestingly, the curvilinear effect becomes more prominent when the supplier’s relative dependence increases. Our study’s findings offer three best-practice strategies including (1) spread and anchor risk, (2) reduce relative dependence, and (3) deepen customer understanding, all of which help suppliers manage the interdependence in major customer relationships.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":47950,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Purchasing and Supply Management","volume":"31 1","pages":"Article 100969"},"PeriodicalIF":6.8,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143535244","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":"Improving supplier diversity and inclusion in supply chains","authors":"Ying Yang,&nbsp;Frank Wiengarten,&nbsp;Jas Kalra","doi":"10.1016/j.pursup.2024.100973","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.pursup.2024.100973","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":47950,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Purchasing and Supply Management","volume":"30 5","pages":"Article 100973"},"PeriodicalIF":6.8,"publicationDate":"2024-11-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142720478","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 checking the box to driving impact – Perspectives on how to develop a supplier diversity program that is less narrowly scoped and more wholeheartedly adopted","authors":"Remko van Hoek ,&nbsp;Antoine Bagot ,&nbsp;Shannon Sexton","doi":"10.1016/j.pursup.2024.100957","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.pursup.2024.100957","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Supplier diversity programs are a concrete way for companies to act out Environment, Social and Governance (ESG) commitments and strategies. Literature however suggests that commitment to supplier diversity programs from buyers, suppliers and stakeholders in the business can be less than wholehearted. The scoping of supplier diversity programs can also be narrow and somewhat binary, only partially reflecting the multi-faceted nature of diversity. This paper contributes to this special issue a study of three supplier diversity programs and shares perspectives of supplier diversity leaders in the case companies studied. We find opportunities for companies to move from a focus on D&amp;I compliance, towards a focus on competitive advantage and ESG impact. We suggest approaches for scoping and designing supplier diversity programs that more closely mirror the complexity of diversity and suggest expanded buying criteria. Finally, we contribute future research pathways and managerial suggestions.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":47950,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Purchasing and Supply Management","volume":"30 5","pages":"Article 100957"},"PeriodicalIF":6.8,"publicationDate":"2024-08-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142180545","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 circular business models of third-party loop operators: An activity-based view on performing activities internally or externally","authors":"Ernst Johannes Prosman,&nbsp;Nizar Abdelkafi,&nbsp;Verónica León-Bravo","doi":"10.1016/j.pursup.2024.100955","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.pursup.2024.100955","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Third-party loop operators play an important role in the circular economy (CE) by closing the resource loops for other firms. These third-party loop operators face a key business model decision: whether to perform CE activities in-house or externally. We adopt the activity-based view (ABV) as a theoretical lens to divide the CE into five activities: collection, sorting, pre-processing, transformation, and integration. By analysing 79 third-party loop operators using Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA), we found that these activities are performed in two bundles. When third-party loop operators perform the collection activity in-house, they are likely to perform the sorting activity in-house as well. The remaining activities (pre-processing, transformation, and integration) are also performed together, either in-house or externally. Furthermore, we identify some boundary conditions that affect why these activity bundles are performed in-house or externally. When supply concentration is high, third-party loop operators tend to perform collection and sorting in-house because access to highly concentrated sources can result in a competitive advantage. When the uncertainty about waste condition is low, third-party loop operators can develop efficient pre-processing, transformation, and integration activities in-house. Activity gaps emerge when no actor in the market can carry out the activity. In this case, third-party loop operators fill the gap by carrying out the activity internally.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":47950,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Purchasing and Supply Management","volume":"30 5","pages":"Article 100955"},"PeriodicalIF":6.8,"publicationDate":"2024-08-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141933390","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}

{"title":"Base of the chain (BoC) sourcing challenges: The role of institutional voids and social agency problems","authors":"Maryam Zomorrodi ,&nbsp;Sajad Fayezi ,&nbsp;Lydia Bals","doi":"10.1016/j.pursup.2024.100953","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.pursup.2024.100953","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Due to various factors, including the institutional context of suppliers, the successful implementation of sustainability initiatives remains a persistent challenge for purchasing and supply management (PSM) professionals. Sourcing from the Base of the Chain (BoC) requires buyers to be cognizant of and assess challenges inherent in engaging with the Bottom of the Pyramid (BoP) institutional context. Designing governance structures that facilitate the simultaneous pursuit of economic and social goals demands a thorough understanding of these challenges and their contextual antecedents. The literature has addressed institutional voids and incompatibilities between buyer-BoC supplier institutional contexts as critical factors informing interventions aimed at overcoming sourcing challenges. Drawing upon social agency theory, our study advances these debates. We argue that the broader institutional and social context serves as the contextual antecedents to principal-agent (P-A) relationships established between buyers and their BoC suppliers. This perspective provides a more enriched explanation for the antecedents of BoC sourcing challenges. We draw on a multiple case study incorporating 31 interviews and archival data of five BoC sourcing programs within the Australian agribusiness sector. Our findings shed light on how BoC institutional voids cause BoC sourcing challenges across supplier and product domains by inducing hidden information, hidden action, and hidden logic as social agency problems. Hidden logic, a new type of social agency problem identified in our study, refers to the agents' socially constructed sets of assumptions, values, beliefs, and traditions that are invisible to the principals. Consequently, we present insights into why governance structures addressing BoC sourcing challenges may vary across institutional contexts, providing practical guidance for buyers in developed economies concerning the subsequent design and execution of effective BoC sourcing strategies.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":47950,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Purchasing and Supply Management","volume":"30 5","pages":"Article 100953"},"PeriodicalIF":6.8,"publicationDate":"2024-07-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141843932","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}

{"title":"Closing the loop: The fundamental role of Purchasing and Supply Management in reaching a circular economy","authors":"Fu Jia (Jeff),&nbsp;Lujie Chen","doi":"10.1016/j.pursup.2024.100954","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.pursup.2024.100954","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":47950,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Purchasing and Supply Management","volume":"30 4","pages":"Article 100954"},"PeriodicalIF":6.8,"publicationDate":"2024-07-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1478409224000633/pdfft?md5=2476b720527f7ec2b625c636ad0175dd&pid=1-s2.0-S1478409224000633-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141771800","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}

{"title":"Can digital transformation improve firm resilience to supply chain disruption? The role of diversification strategies","authors":"Ying Xu ,&nbsp;Fu Jia ,&nbsp;Liukai Wang ,&nbsp;Lujie Chen","doi":"10.1016/j.pursup.2024.100952","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.pursup.2024.100952","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div><span><span>Our study investigates the role of digital transformation (DT) in promoting firm resilience to supply chain disruptions. Based on </span>resource dependence theory (RDT) and anchored in the </span>organizational structure<span> design literature, we propose a moderating effect for diversification strategies, including sourcing diversification, business diversification, and geographic diversification. To verify this, we collect data based on a sample of 2486 Chinese listed companies that experienced supply chain disruptions caused by COVID-19 in 2020, of which 1716 companies implemented DT and 770 companies did not. The changes in firm resilience based on five operating performance metrics for the sample group (those firms implementing DT) are compared against a control group (those without implementing DT) of similar size and industry. The results show that, in terms of percentage of change in operating performance, firms implementing in DT are more resilient than those that do not. Moreover, the sourcing and geographic diversification strategies play a positive moderating role in the relationship between DT and firm resilience. Additionally, our findings partially support the view that business diversification plays a positive moderating role in our proposed relationship for a certain subsample. These results contribute to the DT-resilience literature by unlocking the value and potential of interplay between DT and different diversification strategies in building firm resilience, and underscore the importance of reducing dependence on external resources in the face of supply chain disruptions.</span></div></div>","PeriodicalId":47950,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Purchasing and Supply Management","volume":"30 5","pages":"Article 100952"},"PeriodicalIF":6.8,"publicationDate":"2024-07-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141705533","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":"Leveraging digital data spaces in purchasing and supply management: Paving the way to the circular economy exemplified by Catena-X","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.pursup.2024.100951","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.pursup.2024.100951","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The transition to a circular economy (CE) is increasing the complexity of data processing for purchasing and supply management (PSM), necessitating the adoption of digital technologies. In particular, digital data spaces (DDSs) have gained prominence for facilitating data sharing and collection and allowing secure data exchange. This study explores the information processing capabilities critical for PSM when using DDSs. Using a single case study research design, the study focuses on the DDS Catena-X. Through 20 semi-structured interviews with experts from 12 participating companies, the research explores organizational information processing theory as a theoretical foundation. The results show that DDSs support PSM within the CE by connecting the various actors and through extensive data exchange along the value chain. In addition, the findings identify two critical sets of information capabilities necessary for the effective use of DDSs in PSM: inter-organizational process capabilities and inter-organizational IT-based capabilities. This study contributes to theoretical knowledge within the supply chain management domain by 1) exploring how DDSs benefit the informational capabilities of PSM in CE, 2) investigating the inter-organizational capabilities PSM needs to fully leverage DDSs while 3) introducing the OIPT to the field of circular PSM utilizing DDSs.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":47950,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Purchasing and Supply Management","volume":"30 4","pages":"Article 100951"},"PeriodicalIF":6.8,"publicationDate":"2024-06-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1478409224000608/pdfft?md5=25d6ee23a7254765c75814845aa86f46&pid=1-s2.0-S1478409224000608-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141549124","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}