{"title":"The Presenter's Paradox and the Reviewer's Regress: Two Tricky Challenges for Supply Chain Management Research","authors":"David J. Ketchen, Christopher W. Craighead","doi":"10.1111/jbl.70015","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/jbl.70015","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Scholars seeking to sell the importance of their research, showcase its rigor and maximize its impact often adopt a “more is better” approach. This approach ignores the reality that readers judge work based on the <i>average</i> quality of its attributes, not its <i>best</i> features. The more is better approach often backfires when the “more”—such as excess supplementary analysis, controls, and citations—is of lower value, which reduces the overall perceived quality of the research—a phenomenon known as the <i>presenter's paradox</i>. The purpose of this essay is threefold. First, we discuss the presenter's paradox in light of supply chain research in general. Second, we describe the importance of the paradox in the development of literature review papers and introduce the 2025 Special Topic Forum articles, each of which avoided falling prey to the paradox. Finally, we conclude with a brief discussion of a growing concern whereby excessive demands from another key party in the paper development process—reviewers—actually encourage the presenter's paradox to arise by forcing authors to add material that undermines the overall quality of the end product. We refer to this companion of the presenter's paradox as the <i>reviewer's regress</i>.</p>","PeriodicalId":48090,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Business Logistics","volume":"46 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":11.2,"publicationDate":"2025-05-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/jbl.70015","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144085243","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":"Shared Hardships Strengthen Bonds: Negative Shocks, Embeddedness, and Employee Retention","authors":"Andrew Balthrop, Hyunseok Jung","doi":"10.1111/jbl.70017","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/jbl.70017","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Jarring events inspiring reflection, known as “shocks” in the literature, are the driving force in explaining changes in employee embeddedness and retention within the unfolding model of labor turnover. Substantial research effort has examined strategies for insulating valued employees from adverse shocks. However, this article provides empirical evidence that unambiguously negative shocks can increase employee retention when underlying firm and employee incentives with respect to these shocks are aligned. Using survival analysis on a unique data set of 466,236 communication records and 45,873 employment spells from 21 trucking companies, we show how equipment-related shocks tend to increase the duration of employment. Equipment shocks also generate paradoxically positive sentiments that demonstrate an increase in employees' affective commitment to the firm. Our results highlight the important moderating role that aligned incentives play in how shocks ultimately translate into retention. Shared hardships strengthen bonds in employment, as in other areas.</p>","PeriodicalId":48090,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Business Logistics","volume":"46 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":11.2,"publicationDate":"2025-05-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/jbl.70017","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144074459","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":"Navigating the Interplay Between Digitalization and Triple-A Capabilities for Enhanced Supply Chain Resilience","authors":"Paulo J. Gomes, Graça Miranda Silva","doi":"10.1111/jbl.70018","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/jbl.70018","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Supply chain resilience has become a critical objective for managers navigating an increasingly uncertain environment. This study examines how supply chain digitalization contributes to resilience through the lens of the dynamic capabilities framework. Specifically, we investigate the mediating role of triple-A capabilities—agility, adaptability, and alignment—in this relationship. We use survey data from 408 Portuguese manufacturing firms and employ a mixed-method approach encompassing structural equation modeling (SEM), fuzzy set qualitative comparative analysis (fsQCA), and necessary condition analysis (NCA) to test our hypotheses. The results from SEM underscore the positive effect of supply chain digitalization on enhancing triple-A capabilities, with alignment and adaptability serving as significant mediators, while agility does not. The fsQCA identifies three alternative configurations of digitalization and triple-A capabilities that firms use to achieve resilience, providing evidence for joint effects. Additionally, NCA identifies supply chain alignment as a necessary condition for resilience. Our findings contribute to supply chain management research by characterizing how the interplay between digitalization and triple-A capabilities fosters resilience, offering practical insights for managers seeking to prioritize investments in digitally enabled capabilities.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":48090,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Business Logistics","volume":"46 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":11.2,"publicationDate":"2025-05-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143919624","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":"Blockchain Systems in Food Supply Chains: An Interpretation Through the Lens of Agency and Technology–Organization–Environment Theories","authors":"Pamela Danese, Pietro Romano","doi":"10.1111/jbl.70019","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/jbl.70019","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Blockchain (BC) systems are increasingly used by consortia to monitor ex-post opportunism in food supply chains. BC systems differ for BC technical characteristics, complementary technologies, and organizational tools. Yet, little is empirically known about the link between different BC system designs and the <i>context</i> where they are implemented and how contextual factors influence the adoption of each BC system. This study analyzed different BC systems in 11 principal–agent dyads within one food supply network. Each dyad is composed of a consortium of fruit producers and packers (the principal) and a supply network actor (the agent). Inspired by agency theory, this research associates BC system design choices with levels of system trust (trust in the technology) that are consistent with the risk level of ex-post opportunism. Compared to previous studies, a new studying perspective regarding the concept of ‘BC trust’ arises. Starting from technology–organization–environment (TOE) theory, this paper also offers an interpretation of how TOE factors intervene in the adoption of different BC systems by agents. By distinguishing between different BC systems, it offers a diverse perspective in grounding TOE in BC research. Together with relevant future research directions, these findings provide adopters and policymakers with important practical insights.</p>","PeriodicalId":48090,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Business Logistics","volume":"46 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":11.2,"publicationDate":"2025-05-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/jbl.70019","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143919626","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":"Promoting Corporate Sustainable Development via Supply Chain Finance—An Empirical Study Against the Background of Digital Transition","authors":"Xianyou Pan, Sachin Kumar Mangla, Soumyadeb Chowdhury, Zhongju Liao, Malin Song","doi":"10.1111/jbl.70020","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/jbl.70020","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>In the era of the rapidly expanding digital economy, supply chain finance (SCF) has emerged as a pivotal force in fortifying supply chain relationships and optimizing resource allocation. More importantly, it serves as a catalyst for corporate sustainable development (SD). However, a pressing question remains unanswered: Can corporates effectively align the resources, capabilities, and competitive advantages of SCF with SD, especially when bolstered by digital transition (DT)? Drawing on information asymmetry and synergy theory, this study reveals the intricate mechanisms through which SCF influences corporate SD and highlights the financial and supply chain effects, as well as the moderating role of DT. Leveraging the generalized method of moments, we conduct a rigorous empirical analysis using data from A-share listed companies spanning 2010–2021. Our findings robustly affirm that SCF significantly propels corporate SD, and this conclusion is reinforced by extensive robustness checks and endogeneity analyses. Delving deeper, we establish that SCF not only alleviates financing constraints but also enhances relationship embedding, thereby driving SD. Notably, these pathways exhibit marked variations across different types of enterprises. Intriguingly, our research further reveals that advancements in corporate DT amplify the positive impact of SCF on SD, while also augmenting the financial and supply chain effects of SCF. These insights not only offer a novel lens for evaluating the economic ramifications of SCF but also provide compelling empirical evidence that SCF, when synergized with DT, becomes a powerful enabler of corporate SD. Our findings are of considerable significance for sustainable business practices in the digital age.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":48090,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Business Logistics","volume":"46 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":11.2,"publicationDate":"2025-05-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143905220","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 Impact of Shortages on Manufacturers' New Order Dynamics","authors":"Jason Shin, Jason W. Miller, Judy Whipple","doi":"10.1111/jbl.70013","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/jbl.70013","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Industry practitioners and policymakers have a strong interest in understanding the dynamics associated with manufacturing firms' new orders. In the United States, many organizations, including the Institute for Supply Management (ISM), multiple branches of the Federal Reserve Banking System, and the Census Bureau publish data on new orders to inform practitioners and policymakers. This research explores how the occurrence of supply shocks moderates the impact that manufacturing firms' new orders have on manufacturing production, recruitment of workers, and suppliers' lead times. We extend the theory regarding firms' responses to supply shocks to explain why increases in new orders will have a less pronounced effect on production and employment, but a greater impact on supplier lead times during periods of pronounced shortage. To test our theory, we assemble a unique archival dataset that melds the Report on Business—Manufacturing (PMI) data from the ISM with the Census Bureau's Quarterly Survey of Plant Capacity Utilization to obtain measures of shortages. We test our hypotheses using time series techniques. We find results consistent with our predictions, which have important implications for theory, practice, and public policy.</p>","PeriodicalId":48090,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Business Logistics","volume":"46 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":11.2,"publicationDate":"2025-05-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/jbl.70013","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143901031","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}
Zachary S. Rogers, Marat Davletshin, Dale S. Rogers, Haozhe Chen, Rohan Y. Korde, Curtis Greve
{"title":"Unveiling the Structure of Reverse Supply Networks: An Empirical Exploration","authors":"Zachary S. Rogers, Marat Davletshin, Dale S. Rogers, Haozhe Chen, Rohan Y. Korde, Curtis Greve","doi":"10.1111/jbl.70014","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/jbl.70014","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>As the levels of inventory in supply chains worldwide continue to rise, with over $800 billion of returned and excess inventory (equivalent to 3% of the U.S. GDP) passing through secondary market channels each year, efficient reverse supply networks have become increasingly important. In this study, we use a multi-method approach to analyze a longitudinal dataset from a large U.S. reverse logistics platform for the purpose of mapping the reverse supply network and exploring its evolution over time. Taking a network perspective and drawing upon the complex adaptive system theory, our study contributes to the literature by providing the first large-scale, long-term mapping of a reverse supply network. This analysis reveals how reverse supply networks evolve, how macroeconomic factors impact their dynamically changing structures, and how these networks differ from forward supply networks. Our findings also provide important implications for managers, shedding light on the importance of secondary markets and reverse supply networks in firms' overall supply chain strategies.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":48090,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Business Logistics","volume":"46 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":11.2,"publicationDate":"2025-05-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143901072","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}
Lixu Li, Yaoqi Liu, Yong Jin, T. C. Edwin Cheng, Xingchen Zhu
{"title":"The Interplay Between Supply Chain Transparency and Visibility: Implications for Firm Performance in Manufacturing and Service Sectors","authors":"Lixu Li, Yaoqi Liu, Yong Jin, T. C. Edwin Cheng, Xingchen Zhu","doi":"10.1111/jbl.70016","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/jbl.70016","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Despite existing studies emphasizing the significance of supply chain transparency (SCT) and supply chain visibility (SCV) in supply chain management (SCM), their potential interplay remains unclear. To address this gap, we develop a framework grounded in dynamic capabilities theory and examine the interactions between two types of SCT (cost and relationship transparency) and three types of SCV (demand, supply, and market visibility), along with their effects on firm performance. We conduct surveys with 297 manufacturing firms and 112 service firms in China, validating our propositions through fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis. Our findings indicate that high firm performance relies on both SCT and SCV, rather than on either aspect alone. Furthermore, demand visibility emerges as the most critical SCV. Finally, relationship and cost transparency play unique roles in manufacturing and service firms. By elucidating the intricate interactions between SCT and SCV, our study contributes to extant SCM literature and offers actionable insights for managers, advocating for a holistic approach that leverages both SCT and SCV to enhance performance.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":48090,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Business Logistics","volume":"46 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":11.2,"publicationDate":"2025-05-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143901032","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}
Lance W. Saunders, Vincent E. Castillo, William J. Rose, Anne E. Dohmen, John E. Bell
{"title":"Improving Driver Engagement in Delivery and Rideshare Services","authors":"Lance W. Saunders, Vincent E. Castillo, William J. Rose, Anne E. Dohmen, John E. Bell","doi":"10.1111/jbl.70011","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/jbl.70011","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Due to driver autonomy, delivery and rideshare platforms in the sharing economy (SE) face uncertainty in service capacity planning. This study investigates how the alignment between the technical and social subsystems within the overall socio-technical system of SE platforms influences driver engagement. Drawing on socio-technical systems theory, we conceptualize SE platforms as systems defined by the organizational design constructs of centralization, formalization, and complexity. Using a discrete choice experiment with 100 experienced SE drivers, we examine how platform design attributes affect drivers' utility and engagement probability. Our findings reveal that drivers value flexibility, preferring platforms that offer direct task allocation and single-task acceptance features. Contrary to expectations, drivers generally favor base pay–oriented remuneration over promotion-oriented structures. Individual driver characteristics such as SE income dependency and multi-apping tendencies significantly influence platform preferences. The findings contribute to logistics research by empirically establishing the relationship between platform structure and driver utility and by extending the application of organizational design theory to digital labor platforms. Our results provide insights into how firms can reduce capacity uncertainty by engaging SE drivers within their networks, highlighting the importance of aligning platform design with the preferences of a heterogeneous driver population.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":48090,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Business Logistics","volume":"46 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":11.2,"publicationDate":"2025-04-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143787052","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}
Guoqing Zhao, Ying Xie, Denis Dennehy, Samuel Fosso Wamba
{"title":"Understanding Supply Chain Knowledge Mobilization Barriers From the Middle-Range Perspective: An Empirical Investigation of Argentina's Agri-Food Industry","authors":"Guoqing Zhao, Ying Xie, Denis Dennehy, Samuel Fosso Wamba","doi":"10.1111/jbl.70009","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/jbl.70009","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Despite considerable research attention to supply chain knowledge mobilization (KMob) barriers, understanding of why, how, and when they emerge in practice remains limited. We address this knowledge deficit by using middle-range theory (MRT) as a theoretical lens to examine supply chain KMob barriers in their naturally occurring environment. Drawing on 42 in-depth, semi-structured interviews with Argentinian agri-food supply chain (AFSC) practitioners, we present novel insights into the emergence of AFSC KMob barriers. First, our findings indicate the prevalence of 11 individual, intra-organizational, and inter-organizational KMob barriers in Argentinian AFSCs. Second, Argentina's political, economic, social, technological, legal, and cultural (PESTLC) environment contribute to these barriers. For example, the cultural environment, characterized by strong hierarchy and weak intellectual autonomy, may have negative effects on AFSC practitioners' KMob behaviors and perceptions, resulting in resistance to knowledge sharing, while long-term political and economic instability poses challenges for intra- and inter-organizational KMob. Third, these 11 KMob barriers elicit both semantic and pragmatic knowledge boundaries that thwart AFSC KMob. Our study extends the applicability of MRT to supply chain KMob research and provides a framework for better understanding KMob barriers. The study has important implications for agricultural research institutions and focal companies of local AFSCs.</p>","PeriodicalId":48090,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Business Logistics","volume":"46 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":11.2,"publicationDate":"2025-03-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/jbl.70009","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143690120","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}