In the last two decades the topic of sustainability has moved from the fringes of supply chain management research to the mainstream and is now an area of significant research activity. In this paper we argue that while this increase in acceptance and activity is welcome and has lead to a...

Drawing from stakeholder theory, this paper explores how the supply chain characteristics of distance and power affects the adoption of consumer protection (CP) practices focused on product safety and supply chain security and assesses the implications for firm operational performance. A...

Previous research suggests that creative collaborations with non-traditional chain members such as non-governmental organizations (NGOs) could pave the way for making supply chains sustainable. In extant research, NGOs help focal firms achieve their goals in a more sustainable manner. However,...

The vast majority of research and practice regarding sustainable supply chains has followed an instrumental logic, which has led firms and supply chain managers to place economic interests ahead of environmental and social interests. Evidence that firms are attempting to become less...

A large body of literature has studied supply chain integration (SCI) at the macro (firm or dyad) level. However, the micro-foundations of SCI that highlight the range of different activities and choices firms have in implementing integration have not been studied. This paper identifies and...

Evidence on behavior of experts in credence goods markets raises an important causality issue: Do "fair prices" induce "good behavior", or do "good experts" post "fair prices"? To answer this question we propose and test a model with three seller types: "the good" choose fair prices and behave...

We examine the effect of survey measurement error on the empirical relationship between child mental health and personal and family characteristics, and between child mental health and educational progress. Our contribution is to use unique UK survey data that contains (potentially biased)...