Paul F. Skilton, David C. Novak, Wendy L. Tate, Junwoo Cha, Jamison M. Day
{"title":"Achieving a More Equitable Distribution of Resources in Cross-Sector Disaster Relief Operations Through Selective Coupling","authors":"Paul F. Skilton, David C. Novak, Wendy L. Tate, Junwoo Cha, Jamison M. Day","doi":"10.1111/jbl.70076","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/jbl.70076","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Disaster response efforts bring diverse organizations together in rapidly formed, ad hoc, and decentralized disaster relief supply networks (DRSNs) involving government agencies, for-profit firms, and nongovernmental organizations (NGOs). Although responders broadly share humanitarian objectives, sectoral differences in priorities and decision rules can create conflict and coordination challenges that undermine equitable relief distribution. Using data from a multi-actor disaster response simulation, this research examines decentralized behavioral adjustments by DRSN participants and how they aggregate into system-level equity outcomes. Drawing on institutional logics theory, these behaviors are conceptualized as humanitarian-oriented selective coupling—the selective integration of humanitarian priorities guided by urgency, impartiality, and moral obligation into sector-specific decision rules. Results indicate that equity is most strongly associated with forms of humanitarian-oriented selective coupling that preserve sectoral roles, such as pricing restraint by for-profits and indirect distribution through network partners. In contrast, behaviors that bypass sectoral routines, including poorly targeted direct donations, are associated with lower equity. The findings identify decentralized and contingent mechanisms through which equity can emerge without centralized coordination, while highlighting boundary conditions where humanitarian-oriented selective coupling actions are associated with more—or less—equitable outcomes.</p>","PeriodicalId":48090,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Business Logistics","volume":"47 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":7.4,"publicationDate":"2026-06-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/jbl.70076","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148174421","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}
Iana Jackson, Llord Brooks, Stephanie Eckerd, Craig R. Carter
{"title":"A Replication Study of Non-Incentivized Scenario-Based Experiments","authors":"Iana Jackson, Llord Brooks, Stephanie Eckerd, Craig R. Carter","doi":"10.1111/jbl.70067","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/jbl.70067","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>The importance of replication research in the supply chain management (SCM) discipline is increasingly recognized, as it provides verification of scientific findings. Our study responds to recent calls by focusing on nine influential SCM papers that employ non-incentivized scenario-based experiments. We selected highly cited papers published between 2006 and 2022 to replicate and worked closely with the original authors to ensure our replications were appropriate and rigorous. Our findings highlight several important themes concerning these studies, particularly concerning the discovery of boundary conditions and the refinement of theories. We underscore the importance of conducting replication studies to verify our research foundations, reassess the managerial landscape, and reevaluate our understanding of decision-making behaviors. Our study contributes to the ongoing discussion on replication research in SCM, which is especially critical given the discipline's dynamic nature, and opens a dialogue about why we should not always expect studies to replicate and how to interpret results when replications are not successful. We maintain that replication research is necessary to build a solid foundation of knowledge that informs both theory and practice.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":48090,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Business Logistics","volume":"47 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":7.4,"publicationDate":"2026-05-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148085536","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}
Oyegoke Teslim Bukoye, Aniekan Essien, Adegboyega Oyedijo, Jens K. Roehrich
{"title":"Nudging Resilience: Designing Decision Environments for Responding to and Recovering From Operational Disruptions","authors":"Oyegoke Teslim Bukoye, Aniekan Essien, Adegboyega Oyedijo, Jens K. Roehrich","doi":"10.1111/jbl.70074","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/jbl.70074","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Supply chains are not only disrupted when structures fail, but also when managers cannot make fast, sound decisions under pressure. Yet, while the structural foundations of supply chain resilience–including redundancy, modularity, and buffer capacity–are well established, the behavioral mechanisms that determine whether managers deploy them effectively during disruptions remain largely unexamined. This study addresses that gap by investigating how supply chain managers use behavioral nudges to shape decision environments during operational disruptions. Drawing on 46 semi-structured interviews across two in-depth case studies in contrasting sectors, we adopt an exploratory, theory-building approach and conceptualize these contexts along a theoretically grounded control-versus-adaptability continuum. Our findings reveal that nudges are phase-contingent and context-dependent: reflective-transparent nudges, such as reminders and checklists, support deliberate and auditable execution in compliance-intensive environments; while automatic-transparent nudges, such as defaults and visual prioritization cues, enable coordinated, adaptive responses in fast-changing, technology-driven settings. We develop a novel framework that positions resilience as a behavioral-structural hybrid capability. The practical implication is direct: managers can deliberately engineer decision environments to improve how their firms respond to and recover from disruptions, making resilience not just a structural state, but a behavioral one.</p>","PeriodicalId":48090,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Business Logistics","volume":"47 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":7.4,"publicationDate":"2026-05-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/jbl.70074","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148082137","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}
Nagihan Çömez-Dolgan, Marah Abutouk, Merve Ozer-Uysal, Lama Moussawi-Haidar, Xuying Zhao
{"title":"Top Manager Gender Differences in Inventory Management Under Business Obstacles","authors":"Nagihan Çömez-Dolgan, Marah Abutouk, Merve Ozer-Uysal, Lama Moussawi-Haidar, Xuying Zhao","doi":"10.1111/jbl.70071","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/jbl.70071","url":null,"abstract":"<p>While the effect of gender on firm performance has been widely studied, its impact on operational policies remains underexplored. We examine the association between top managers' gender and inventory policy among small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), where top managers play a central role in policy formulation and execution. We find that female-led firms hold lower levels of industry-adjusted inventory than male-led firms, with stronger effects in manufacturing and microsized firms. We further show that this relationship is context dependent: female-led firms maintain leaner inventories when business obstacles heighten perceived overstocking and liquidity risk, but increase inventories when obstacles threaten operational continuity. Repeating the analysis using female ownership as the key variable yields weaker effects, supporting the role of the top manager in shaping operational policy. We also document an inverted <i>U</i>-shaped relationship between inventory and firm performance; most firms operate below the performance-maximizing inventory level, and female-led firms tend to remain further from this optimum, contributing to gender differences in firm performance.</p>","PeriodicalId":48090,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Business Logistics","volume":"47 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":7.4,"publicationDate":"2026-05-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/jbl.70071","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148082936","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}
Saumyaranjan Sahoo, Sachin Kumar Mangla, Stefan Gold, Ashwani Kumar
{"title":"Pharmaceutical Supply Chain Resilience to Counterfeiting","authors":"Saumyaranjan Sahoo, Sachin Kumar Mangla, Stefan Gold, Ashwani Kumar","doi":"10.1111/jbl.70075","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/jbl.70075","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>This study explores how proactive organizational strategies—including commitment to anti-counterfeiting, collaborative anti-counterfeiting integration, Industry 4.0–enabled counterfeit detection, and government regulation—enhance pharmaceutical supply chain resilience against counterfeiting threats. Survey data from 283 supply chain professionals are analyzed using partial least squares structural equation modeling to test relationships among these factors. Results indicate that organizational commitment significantly drives both Industry 4.0–enabled counterfeit detection and collaborative anti-counterfeiting integration. Industry 4.0–enabled counterfeit detection further strengthens collaborative anti-counterfeiting integration across supply chains, significantly improving counterfeit resilience. A serial mediation pathway shows that organizational commitment to anti-counterfeiting enhances counterfeiting resilience of pharmaceutical supply chains by enabling technological detection and fostering collaboration. Government regulations positively moderate the effect of organizational commitment to anti-counterfeiting on counterfeiting resilience, emphasizing the crucial role of regulatory support. The direct link between organizational commitment and resilience is not significant, highlighting the need for technological and collaborative mechanisms to achieve resilience. The findings contribute to sociotechnical systems theory by demonstrating how technical capabilities and social collaboration jointly transform organizational commitment into effective counterfeit resilience in pharmaceutical supply chains.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":48090,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Business Logistics","volume":"47 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":7.4,"publicationDate":"2026-05-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148077761","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}
Finnegan A. McKinley, Anne E. Dohmen, Vincent E. Castillo
{"title":"Do Humans and GAI See Eye to Eye? Implications of LLM Scoring Volatility in Supplier Evaluations","authors":"Finnegan A. McKinley, Anne E. Dohmen, Vincent E. Castillo","doi":"10.1111/jbl.70072","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/jbl.70072","url":null,"abstract":"<p>This study compares Generative Artificial Intelligence (GAI) to human procurement professionals on supplier evaluation tasks. Using Structural Topic Modeling (STM) on 123 government supplier bids from 31 projects solicited by the State of Ohio between January 2023 and December 2024, we compare evaluations from three reasoning models (o3, Grok-3-Mini, DeepSeek R1-0528) against human evaluators. Adopting a signaling theory perspective, we find asymmetry in signal processing between GAI and human evaluators. GAI demonstrates high consistency and strong human alignment when evaluating compliance signals (e.g., technical specifications), which makes it suitable for qualification screening. However, GAI exhibits high scoring volatility with competitive signals (e.g., value-add propositions), indicating that human judgment remains critical for assessing differentiation. We also find that the number of bidders influences signal composition, with compliance signals more prevalent in less competitive solicitations. The findings suggest a two-stage evaluation framework where GAI handles compliance screening and humans focus on competitive assessment. GAI scoring volatility serves as a canary-in-the-mine to identify when human oversight is necessary.</p>","PeriodicalId":48090,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Business Logistics","volume":"47 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":7.4,"publicationDate":"2026-05-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/jbl.70072","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148077760","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}
Emmelie Gustafsson, Patrik Jonsson, Mikael Öhman, Alireza Jaribion, Jan Holmström
{"title":"Object-Interactive Transvections: A Theory for Addressing Persistent Retail Supply Chain Problems","authors":"Emmelie Gustafsson, Patrik Jonsson, Mikael Öhman, Alireza Jaribion, Jan Holmström","doi":"10.1111/jbl.70070","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/jbl.70070","url":null,"abstract":"<p>In conventional retail supply chains, the primary objective is to fulfill customer demand by delivering the right product at the right time. However, retailers face persistent problems, including product returns, inventory obsolescence, lost sales, and lost demand. This study investigates how digital product fitting (DPF) can help address these challenges. Using engaged research with three companies incorporating DPF into their operations, we identify four use cases: fulfillment switchover, assortment planning, product design, and networked switchover. Our theoretical foundation is based on transvection theory, which centers on a product's journey through transformation and sorting to meet customer needs—in contrast to conventional supply chain management's focus on efficient processes and resource use. In conceptualizing our empirical findings, we develop a novel <i>object-interactive transvection</i> conceptualization that treats both completed and incomplete outcomes as improvable processes. In this conceptualization, digital customer–product interactions enable: (i) a shift from binary fulfillment outcomes to open-ended, customer-specific transvections; (ii) responsive upstream planning that leverages aggregated customer representations; and (iii) digitalized sorting that can be repeated, reversed, and parallelized across nodes. Collectively, these insights reframe static structural choices (match-to-stock vs. customization) as adaptive and interaction-driven operational decisions, and they open new avenues for improving supply chain performance.</p>","PeriodicalId":48090,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Business Logistics","volume":"47 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":7.4,"publicationDate":"2026-05-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/jbl.70070","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148078969","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 Environmental and Convenience Functions of Reusable Packaging for Products Sold in Bulk: A Consumer Logistics Perspective","authors":"Fanny Reniou, Elisa Robert-Monnot","doi":"10.1111/jbl.70066","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/jbl.70066","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Products sold in bulk and the reuse of packaging are attracting growing attention. While consumers perceive reusable packaging as providing an environmental function, it is not always convenient. Reusable packaging, as a reverse logistics model, forces them to consider a new logistical role—namely, packaging that requires balancing potentially conflicting functions. So, how do consumers logistically organize the shopping activity for products sold in bulk and tackle reusable packaging to reconcile its environmental and convenience functions? To answer this question, this research builds on consumer logistics research and applies activity theory as a theoretical framework. It uses a qualitative approach, including 30 in-depth interviews and photograph data revealing consumer activity. The findings reveal two conditions that enable consumers to reconcile their perceptions of the environmental and convenience functions of reusable packaging: (1) coordination of logistical actions and operations with other household activities and (2) optimization of activity system elements. Consumers adopt various supply chains, which implies different ways of coordinating and optimizing and leads to different outputs in terms of the environment and convenience. This research offers actionable insights into how consumers can mitigate perceived logistical constraints and impact on the environment, thereby enhancing their engagement with new ways of packaging.</p>","PeriodicalId":48090,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Business Logistics","volume":"47 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":7.4,"publicationDate":"2026-05-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/jbl.70066","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148065967","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}
Jason Miller, Rowan Hilend, Keith Skowronski, Alex Scott
{"title":"Electronic Logging Device Enforcement, Leased Owner-Operator Use, and Carrier Size: Complex Interactive Effects on Hours-of-Service Violations","authors":"Jason Miller, Rowan Hilend, Keith Skowronski, Alex Scott","doi":"10.1111/jbl.70073","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/jbl.70073","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Ensuring trucking companies comply with hours-of-service (HOS) rules is an ongoing challenge faced by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration. This research examines heterogeneity in how trucking firms' compliance with HOS rules changed in response to a multistage regulatory intervention that required most large commercial trucks operating in the United States to install electronic logging devices (ELDs). We extend theory by first drawing on deterrence theory to explain why carriers that utilize subcontractor truck drivers—called leased owner-operators (LOOs)—saw greater reductions in HOS violations as the ELD mandate was more strictly enforced. We then augment deterrence theory with principles from regulatory compliance theory to explain why this two-way interaction will be more pronounced for larger carriers, suggesting a three-way interaction. We test our hypotheses using the population of inspections across for-hire motor carriers from January 2013 through December 2023. Results from fitting a series of econometric models corroborate our predictions. These findings suggest important boundary conditions for existing theory regarding LOOs' compliance with HOS rules and help shed light on the complex interplay of forces that generate heterogeneity in compliance efforts.</p>","PeriodicalId":48090,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Business Logistics","volume":"47 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":7.4,"publicationDate":"2026-05-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/jbl.70073","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148065968","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}
Stefan Gold, Christian F. Durach, Kiira Parikka, Pasi Heikkurinen
{"title":"Sustainable Supply Chains Are More Resilient, and Vice Versa? If Only It Were That Simple!","authors":"Stefan Gold, Christian F. Durach, Kiira Parikka, Pasi Heikkurinen","doi":"10.1111/jbl.70068","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/jbl.70068","url":null,"abstract":"<p>This paper scrutinizes the concepts of sustainability and resilience in the context of logistics and supply chain management. Building on foundational principles of sustainability, namely efficiency, consistency, and sufficiency, and on principles of resilience, namely persistence, adaptation, and transformation, we examine their interrelationship from a systems perspective. This perspective challenges the often-implicit assumption that sustainability and resilience are inherently complementary. Instead, we argue that their relationship is shaped by context-dependent tensions, trade-offs, and non-linear dynamics that resist universally positive (or negative) alignment. Drawing on an illustrative case of critical raw-materials supply chains, we discuss how strategies aimed at enhancing resilience may reinforce unsustainable practices, while sustainability principles can introduce new forms of vulnerability. The paper highlights implications regarding the (sometimes undesirable) stabilizing effects of resilience, the fragility of circularity, and the limits of efficiency-oriented supply chain strategies. It ends by calling for a more critical engagement with how resilience and sustainability are pursued and reconciled.</p>","PeriodicalId":48090,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Business Logistics","volume":"47 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":7.4,"publicationDate":"2026-05-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/jbl.70068","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148064432","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}