This study assesses how top-tier suppliers market their capabilities to ensure a responsible upstream supply chain to their downstream buyers, and how the marketing of corporate social responsibility (CSR)-related supply management practices affects the reputation of top-tier suppliers in...

type="main" xml:id="jscm12067-abs-0001" <p>Mounting pressure for sustainable business practices has led to a greatly increased focus on highlighting sustainability drivers throughout the supply chain. While the literature has concentrated on why downstream original equipment manufacturers (OEMs)...</p>

type="main" xml:id="jscm12051-abs-0001" <p>Resource-based theory (RBT) suggests that purchasing and supply management (PSM) practices can help buying firms enhance their performance. Consequently, the “PSM practice–performance link” has undergone intense empirical investigation over the last...</p>

Reverse logistics networks are often implemented to ensure a sustainable product or material recovery and to improve a company's sustainability footprint. The most common approach for designing bi-directional networks is the independent design of reverse and forward networks. The joint...

Since the beginning of its market economy and open-door policy in 1978, China has extensively promoted foreign direct investment. Consequently, many western MNCs have entered the country in search of new business opportunities. Today, one of the greatest challenges facing these organizations is...

Offshore outsourcing is gaining increasing importance and attention in both theory and practice. The purpose of this research is to use nine in-depth case studies to analyze the evolution of offshore services outsourcing with regard to how expectations and governance structures change over time....

The liberalization of ground handling in Europe forces airports to assess their performance relative to their competitors in order to remain competitive and sustain long-term competitive advantage. Together with main EU hub airports, action research was conducted for one year to develop a...

An issue for companies in globally competitive markets is to adapt their organizational structures and governance in increasingly complex organizations. At the functional level of purchasing, companies are turning to hybrid purchasing organizations in order to leverage global sourcing benefits....