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Broader research = better research?

Posted on 2009-06-10 by

I like mixing ideas, and my approach to logistics, or supply chain management is no exception.

Posted in ARTICLES and PAPERS
Tags: Bruno Giordano, Kuhn Thomas, logistics, research blogging, Stock James

What kind of Supplychainist are you?

Posted on 2009-06-09 by

What is SCM really, is it just a new name for logistics or is it possible to distinguish certain perspectives?

Posted in ARTICLES and PAPERS
Tags: Halldorsson Arni, Larson Paul D, logistics, research blogging, supply chain research

How to get a PhD without a dissertation

Posted on 2009-06-05 by

This is a true story about how I was credited with a PhD without having one, just because someone mistook one of the posts on this blog to be my PhD. And anyone looking up my work after reading that article now thinks I really have a PhD.

Posted in THIS and THAT
Tags: due diligence, peer review, research blogging, scopus

Risk in supply networks – a tale of principals and agents

Posted on 2009-06-03 by

It is not often that I see a paper focusing on the network relationships risks rather than the network risks, let alone applying the principal-agent theory so elegantly.

Posted in ARTICLES and PAPERS
Tags: Cheng Seu Keow, Kam Booi Hon, principal-agent, research blogging, supply chain risk, supply networks

Fragility and sustainability: emerging research areas?

Posted on 2009-06-01 by

Should short-term loss-minimization and short-term profit maximization really be the driving force behind supply chain risk management?

Posted in ARTICLES and PAPERS
Tags: Goldhar Joel, Nassos George, research blogging, scor, Stonebraker Peter, supply chain disruption, supply chain fragility, supply chain risk, supply chain sustainability, sustainable supply chains

Online journals – curse or blessing?

Posted on 2009-05-30 by

Making scholarly articles available online has narrowed citations to more recent and less diverse articles than before – the opposite of what most people expect.

Posted in ARTICLES and PAPERS
Tags: research blogging

Supply chain risk management – a literature review

Posted on 2009-05-29 by

Is it possible to summarize seven years of supply chain risk management research and find a common theme or definition of what supply chain risk is all about?

Posted in ARTICLES and PAPERS
Tags: Pujawan Nyoman, research blogging, supply chain risk, supply chain risk research, Vanany Iwan, Zailani Suhaiza

Lean + Agile = LeAgile: a happy marriage?

Posted on 2009-05-28 by

Opposites attract and in the supply chain world, “lean” and “agile” appear to be opposites. Both management strategies have their advantages and disadvantages.

Posted in ARTICLES and PAPERS
Tags: agile, Christopher Martin, global supply chains, leagile, lean, Naylor Ben, Peck Helen, research blogging, supply chain agility, Towill Dennis

The Catch 22 of Academic Publishing

Posted on 2009-05-27 by

“Publish or perish”. Apparently, getting published in the first place is not as easy as it seems, and the peer-review process may not as objective and unbiased as you may think.

Posted in ARTICLES and PAPERS
Tags: peer review, research blogging

Robustness, resilience, flexibility and agility

Posted on 2009-05-26 by

These concepts are often confused, and thus, warrant further explanation. They are distinctively different.

Posted in ARTICLES and PAPERS
Tags: agile, agility, flexibility, flexible, research blogging, resilience, resilient, robust, robustness, supply chain agility, supply chain flexibility, supply chain resilience, supply chain risk, supply chain robustness

Risk in supply networks – seeing it all, or not?

Posted on 2009-05-24 by

This paper is an excellent discourse on types of risk, sources of risks and descriptions of risk. Particularly, it relates risk to loss and consequences.

Posted in ARTICLES and PAPERS
Tags: Brenchley Richard, Harland Christine, research blogging, risk, supply chain risk, supply networks, Walker Helen

Supply Risk Management: just common sense?

Posted on 2009-05-22 by

There are four situational factors that are important in supply chains, namely, the buyer, the supplier, the product bought, and the environment surrounding the purchase.

Posted in ARTICLES and PAPERS
Tags: Eltantawy Reham A, Giunipero Larry C, research blogging, supplier relationships, supply chain risk

A-maze-ing discoveries

Posted on 2009-05-20 by

After only knowing about it for a day or two, I must say that I am fascinated by the Theory of Constraints and I intend to find out more about it.

Posted in ARTICLES and PAPERS
Tags: Goldratt Eliyahu, inventory control software, just-in-time, Polito Tony, research blogging, theory of constraints, vendor managed inventory, Watson Kevin

Supply Chain Risk Management – as seen from Space

Posted on 2009-05-19 by

Is it possible to reconcile supply chain vulnerability, risk and supply chain management with corporate governance, business continuity, national security and emergency planning?

Posted in ARTICLES and PAPERS
Tags: business continuity, emergency management, Peck Helen, research blogging, supply chain risk, supply chain security, supply chain vulnerability

Research Blogging – for the investigative mind?

Posted on 2009-05-17 by

I have finally found the right outlet for disseminating my literature blogposts: Research Blogging allows readers to easily find blog posts about serious peer-reviewed research.

Posted in THIS and THAT
Tags: peer review, research blogging

Structural embeddedness and the extended supply chain

Posted on 2009-05-11 by

We need to consider how a supplier is embedded in its own networks if we are to truly gauge its performance.

Posted in ARTICLES and PAPERS
Tags: Choi Thomas Y, Kim Yusoon, research blogging, ven, virtual enterprise network

Global supply chain risk management strategies

Posted on 2009-05-07 by

Three factors affect the selection of risk management strategies: temporal focus, supply chain flexibility and supply chain environment.

Posted in ARTICLES and PAPERS
Tags: global supply chains, Manuj Ila, Mentzer John T, research blogging, supply chain risk

Risk and Supply Chain Management – A Research Agenda

Posted on 2009-05-05 by

Albeit exploratory and conceptual in its approach, the article provides valuable insights into the current literature.

Posted in ARTICLES and PAPERS
Tags: Burnes Bernard, Christopher Martin, Khan Omera, research blogging, risk, supply chain risk

Vulnerability in business relationships

Posted on 2009-03-03 by

The perceived trust and the perceived dependence in business relationships influence the perceived vulnerability. The higher the perceived dependence, the higher the perceived vulnerability. The higher the perceived trust, the lower the perceived vulnerability.

Posted in ARTICLES and PAPERS
Tags: dyadic business relationships, perceived dependence, perceived trust, research blogging, supplier relationships, supply chain risk, supply chain vulnerability, Svensson Göran

Managing Disruption Risks in the Supply Chain – the DRISC model

Posted on 2009-03-02 by

The Disruption Risks in Supply Chain (DRISC) model is developed for investigating all kinds of disruptions that can potentially occur in the supply chain flow along the way from raw material to finished product.