{"title":"Supply chain relationship dependencies and circular economy performance: The contingency role of digitalization capability","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.pursup.2024.100902","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.pursup.2024.100902","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>While prior literature suggests that firms can rely on suppliers and buyers for external resources to overcome constrained internal resource problems and thus fuel circular economy (CE) performance, scholars also argue that such dependency can lead to power imbalances, which will compromise operations. Drawing on resource dependence theory (RDT), we investigated how the degree of dependence of focal firms on suppliers and customers affects their CE performance. In addition, the study proposes digitization capability as a boundary condition for these relationships, given that the literature has repeatedly highlighted the critical role of digitization capability in supply chain relationship management. Employing hierarchical linear modeling on a panel dataset of listed Chinese manufacturers during 2010–2020, we found that the more dependent a firm is on its major suppliers and customers (the higher the supplier and customer concentrations), the worse its CE performance. In addition, we utilized data mining techniques to capture manufacturers' digitalization capabilities. We examined how digitalization empowers manufacturers to alleviate power imbalances in supply chain dependencies. Our results suggest that the manufacturers’ digitalization capability significantly weakens the negative impacts of supplier and customer concentrations on CE performance. Overall, this study contributes to the RDT and relationship management literature by highlighting the dark side of supplier and customer concentrations and introducing digitalization capability as a strategic response. These findings provide practical implications for managing the supplier and customer base in pursuing CE performance.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":47950,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Purchasing and Supply Management","volume":"30 4","pages":"Article 100902"},"PeriodicalIF":6.8,"publicationDate":"2024-02-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1478409224000086/pdfft?md5=440234df41b3bd773b97982e7638c19d&pid=1-s2.0-S1478409224000086-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139874178","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}
Camila Lee Park , Mauro Fracarolli Nunes , Jose A.D. Machuca
{"title":"Reputational enablers for supplier diversity: An exploratory approach on the inclusion of war veterans and disabled people","authors":"Camila Lee Park , Mauro Fracarolli Nunes , Jose A.D. Machuca","doi":"10.1016/j.pursup.2024.100898","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.pursup.2024.100898","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This study investigates whether the inclusion of war veterans and disabled people in supplier diversity programs grants firms with reputational gains. With preliminary evidence collected in the <em>content analysis</em> of supplier diversity programs and diverse groups considered by S&P500's top 100 companies, we conducted a duo-factorial scenario-based experiment with a multi-stakeholder approach, exploring the reactions of the general public, customers, investors, and potential suppliers to these initiatives. In particular, we analyse whether their views on companies' benevolence and competence (trust) are affected. We also investigate the potential impacts on these stakeholders' overall attitude towards firms, as the construct represents a proxy of corporate reputation. The empirical results show that including these groups does not impact the way companies are perceived, suggesting that the communication of supplier diversity programs is not always efficient in creating positive images (e.g., greenwashing, social washing). We discuss these outcomes in the context of stakeholder theory and in the debate contrasting the strategic and moral incentives for adopting supplier diversity programs.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":47950,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Purchasing and Supply Management","volume":"30 5","pages":"Article 100898"},"PeriodicalIF":6.8,"publicationDate":"2024-01-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139583485","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":"A seat at the table: The future of purchasing and supply management","authors":"Carmela Di Mauro, Esmee Peters, Steven Carnovale","doi":"10.1016/j.pursup.2024.100908","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.pursup.2024.100908","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":47950,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Purchasing and Supply Management","volume":"30 1","pages":"Article 100908"},"PeriodicalIF":6.1,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140199536","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":"Does history really repeat itself? An empirical investigation of recurring misconduct violations in public procurement","authors":"Justin T. Kistler , Luv Sharma , Jayanth Jayaram , Stephanie Eckerd","doi":"10.1016/j.pursup.2023.100893","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.pursup.2023.100893","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Public procurement of goods and services accounts for a significant portion of government budgets. Among contracts awarded annually by the United States federal government, a disproportionate amount of total spend is given to a relatively small number of contractor firms, many of whom have committed government contract misconduct in the past. We leverage insights from the contracting literature and organizational learning theory to understand the relationship between past contract misconduct and the likelihood of a subsequent contract misconduct violation, along with contextual factors that could influence this relationship. Using composite misconduct data captured from a longitudinal dataset of United States Department of Justice (DOJ) public procurement, a probit regression analysis reveals that firms with a history of government contract misconduct violations are increasingly likely to commit a subsequent violation, yet this relationship is not linear. Further empirical analysis reveals characteristics of contracting firms and purchasing relationships which moderate this phenomenon. Our findings contribute to the literature by providing empirical support regarding the relationship between past and future contract misconduct violations within public procurement relationships. We also offer several implications to practitioners and policymakers to support the identification and management of repeat contract misconduct violators.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":47950,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Purchasing and Supply Management","volume":"30 1","pages":"Article 100893"},"PeriodicalIF":6.1,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138743625","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":"Driven by supply chain ambidexterity. Substitutable and complementary effects of supply chain emergence and control on triadic relational performance","authors":"Artur Swierczek","doi":"10.1016/j.pursup.2023.100894","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.pursup.2023.100894","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>With the increasing level of supply chain complexity, the mechanisms of emergence and control have become essential for achieving superior performance. To operationalize the relationships between the two mechanisms, we develop the dimensions of balance emergence-control (BEC) and combined emergence-control (CEC). While BEC highlights the need to match two mechanisms that are substitutes, CEC treats emergence and control rather as complements that reinforce one another. Additionally, we also develop the construct of supply chain ambidexterity as a conglomerate of exploitation and exploration practices performed within service triads. In this study, we investigate the effects of supply chain ambidexterity on emergence and control, and their resulting effects on triadic relational performance.</p><p>To develop the research model and test hypotheses, hypothetic-deductive logic was employed to underpin the quantitative survey-based methodology. The data for the analysis was derived from 350 service triads operating in Europe. To ensure the robustness of the results, Confirmatory Factor Analysis was carried out, followed by hierarchical regression analysis and path analysis. The findings show that while supply chain ambidexterity has a positive effect on emergence, it has a negative effect on control. The results also demonstrate that when applied independently, balance emergence-control and combined emergence-control have a respective positive and negative effect on triadic relational performance. Interestingly however, when applied collectively, balance emergence-control and combined emergence-control demonstrate a positive effect on triadic relational performance.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":47950,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Purchasing and Supply Management","volume":"30 1","pages":"Article 100894"},"PeriodicalIF":6.1,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139374380","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}
Zachary S. Rogers , Sina Golara , Yousef Abdulsalam , Dale S. Rogers
{"title":"Protect me not: The effect of tariffs on U.S. supply networks","authors":"Zachary S. Rogers , Sina Golara , Yousef Abdulsalam , Dale S. Rogers","doi":"10.1016/j.pursup.2024.100897","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.pursup.2024.100897","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>In 2018, the United States imposed numerous tariffs with the stated intent of protecting U.S. firms from international competitors. These tariffs have had a substantial impact on supply chains which were not well understood. While tariffs can provide some protection to certain industries, they can also create inefficiencies for the industries they were designed to protect, as well as for their supply chain partners. We analyze the impacts of the tariffs imposed by the United States in 2018, on the industries they were intended to protect (steel, semiconductors, agricultural equipment, and chemicals industries) as well as on their suppliers and customers. We perform an event study to analyze the effects of four discrete suites of tariffs on the firm value of 691 publicly traded U.S. firms. We utilize resource dependence theory (RDT) to better understand the net impact of tariffs on protected industries and their supply chains. The results demonstrate that the implementation of the 2018 tariffs had an overall negative impact on firm value, leading to a decrease in the value of domestic producers within the protected industries and mixed financial effects on firms in their supplier and customer industries. These findings demonstrate the ripple effect of unintended consequences that tariffs can lead to throughout supply chains, motivating further theoretical development and informing trade policy.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":47950,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Purchasing and Supply Management","volume":"30 1","pages":"Article 100897"},"PeriodicalIF":6.1,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139881097","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}
Robert Suurmond , Finn Wynstra , André Vermeij , Erick Johan Haag
{"title":"Text mining and network analytics for literature reviews: Exploring the landscape of purchasing and supply management research","authors":"Robert Suurmond , Finn Wynstra , André Vermeij , Erick Johan Haag","doi":"10.1016/j.pursup.2023.100892","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.pursup.2023.100892","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>In this paper, we state and debate the use and usefulness of text similarity and network analytics using natural language processing for our field. While previous reviews of Purchasing and Supply Management have relied on manual coding and classification, the large scale and variety of the field calls for new approaches. In this Notes and Debates article, we therefore review different approaches from bibliometric and scientometric studies to explore literature using (semi)automated approaches. We exemplify one approach, leveraging text similarity and network visualization, to complement earlier analysis. Along the way, we discuss the researcher’s role at critical vantage points in reviews that are augmented by natural language processing. We compare and contrast the results of this exploration to previous manual reviews and sketch opportunities and provide recommendations for future use.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":47950,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Purchasing and Supply Management","volume":"30 1","pages":"Article 100892"},"PeriodicalIF":6.1,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1478409223000808/pdfft?md5=655a1d5d8144ec31645cbcd8d9e3d77f&pid=1-s2.0-S1478409223000808-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138581409","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":"The impact of suppliers' CSR controversies on buyers' market value: The moderating role of social capital","authors":"Yang Yang , Yan Jiang","doi":"10.1016/j.pursup.2024.100904","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pursup.2024.100904","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>A firm's CSR controversies can affect not only the firm itself but also its supply chain partners. However, existing studies have predominantly focused on the influence of a firm's own CSR controversies; the spillover effect along supply chains has received insufficient attention. This study examines the impact of suppliers' CSR controversies on buyers' market value, as well as the moderating role of buyers' social capital. Using data from 462 buyer-supplier dyads of Chinese listed firms from 2008 to 2019, we find that suppliers' CSR controversies are significantly negatively related to buyers' market value, and that environmental controversies have a stronger negative effect than social controversies. This negative association can be alleviated by buyers' social capital in the forms of political, business, and financial capital. Our study has significant implications for both research and practice in the increasingly important domain of CSR management in supply chains.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":47950,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Purchasing and Supply Management","volume":"30 1","pages":"Article 100904"},"PeriodicalIF":6.1,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1478409224000104/pdfft?md5=bd9fe946226a1b2c24b981cf9b905c4a&pid=1-s2.0-S1478409224000104-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140332840","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}
Jan Martin Spreitzenbarth , Christoph Bode , Heiner Stuckenschmidt
{"title":"Artificial intelligence and machine learning in purchasing and supply management: A mixed-methods review of the state-of-the-art in literature and practice","authors":"Jan Martin Spreitzenbarth , Christoph Bode , Heiner Stuckenschmidt","doi":"10.1016/j.pursup.2024.100896","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.pursup.2024.100896","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Artificial intelligence and machine learning are key technologies for purchasing organizations worldwide and their usage is still in a nascent stage. This systematic review offers an overview of the state-of-the-art literature and practice, where 46 works meeting the inclusion criteria were interactively classified in 11 use case clusters. The work follows the content analysis approach where the material evaluation was empirically enriched with 20 interviews to assess the cluster's business value and ease of implementation through triangulation. This is the first systematic review in the area of operations and supply chain management utilizing the Computer Classification System as the de facto standard in computer science for clarity in the terminology of these emerging technologies. In matching the literature search with the interview results, a mismatch was found between the reviewed literature and the expert's assessments. For instance, the cluster cost analysis deserves higher research attention as well as supplier sustainability. Moreover, there seems to be a gap in the operational area, which many believe to be first considered due to data availability. The insights may guide researchers and executives to better understand the dynamic capabilities needed to successfully steer the organization in the transformation toward procurement 4.0.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":47950,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Purchasing and Supply Management","volume":"30 1","pages":"Article 100896"},"PeriodicalIF":6.1,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1478409224000025/pdfft?md5=4e57bc7351d089a6d6b07635de201dc0&pid=1-s2.0-S1478409224000025-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139922353","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":"Identifying effective signaling approaches for remanufacturing","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.pursup.2023.100891","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.pursup.2023.100891","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p><span>Remanufacturing is a typical circular mode, but the sales of remanufactured products remain limited. Learning from manufacturers, remanufacturers have undertaken various circular supply chain management (CSCM) efforts to improve products' quality, delivery and service, and at the same time they have set up shops on online platforms to enhance their product sales. Meanwhile, online platforms offer diverse signaling approaches that can reflect remanufacturers' CSCM operational performance, including the average product rating by former customers that reflects products' quality, the product-featured label by a platform that reflects products' quality and delivery, and related commitments from remanufacturers that reflect products' quality and service. However, it remains unclear how online signaling approaches reflecting remanufacturers' CSCM operational performance impact product sales. Grounded in signaling theory and using 564 sales data from 48 remanufacturers and 13 manufacturers on </span><span><span>Amazon.com</span><svg><path></path></svg></span>, this study reveals that both the average product rating and the product-featured label, which reflect remanufacturers' CSCM operational performance in products' quality and delivery, are positively correlated with remanufacturers' product sales. However, in comparison to manufacturers, the positive effect of average product ratings is weaker for remanufacturers. In addition, related commitments released by remanufacturers, reflecting their CSCM operational performance in products' quality and service, have a negative impact on product sales. Interestingly, when remanufacturers achieve a higher average product rating or receive the “Amazon's Choice” label, their commitments have an insignificant impact on product sales, in contrast to manufacturers that experience a negative effect.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":47950,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Purchasing and Supply Management","volume":"30 4","pages":"Article 100891"},"PeriodicalIF":6.8,"publicationDate":"2023-12-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138515798","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}