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Book Review: Your Research Project

This book is a must-have for any serious student or budding research. The book emphasises that research is based on structure and logic. The book teaches by example how to do research. I think that is what makes this such a brilliant book to have and read and put to use.

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Theory versus Practice

Theory is important in supply chain research, by helping us make sense out of chaos, but what is theory, what constitutes a valuable theoretical contribution and how can theoretical deliberations produce richer explanations and practical applications in supply chain research?

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What kind of Supplychainist are you?

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

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Finding academic articles without academic journals

Many management or supply chain related websites provide the same articles for free (or sometimes at a prenium). Formatting and graphics is usually stripped out, but the content is till there.

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ARTICLES and PAPERS
Diamonds are forever - suppliers not
Today I am taking a closer look at how buyer-supplier relationships evolve over time. This is the bu[...]
When your supplier goes bust...
...what do you do? Is so-called supplier default something you have even thought about? And what if [...]
BOOKS and BOOK CHAPTERS
The Definition of Agility
Although getting close to 20 years old now, The Agile Virtual Enterprise: Cases, Metrics, Tools, wri[...]
Security and continuity of supply
Aah...the intricacies of the English language. Not supply (chain) security, but the security of supp[...]
REPORTS and WHITEPAPERS
A Decade of Living Dangerously
Do you remember the movie The Year of Living Dangerously with Mel Gibson? Topically unrelated maybe,[...]
Global Risks 2012
Are economic imbalances and social inequality risk reversing the gains of globalization? Should we s[...]
from HERE and THERE
Retail SCM Summit 2011
China. Perhaps the biggest arena for future development in logistics and supply chain management? It[...]
Supply chain disruptions by pirates
Yesterday I cited the press release of the Norwegian shipping company Odfjell, which no longer will [...]