Purpose This paper aims to investigate how purchasing organizations implement supplier diversity (SD) initiatives over time. Design/methodology/approach A multiple case study approach was conducted. Data were collected through in-depth interviews with participants from purchasing organizations,...

Purpose In the context of emerging economies, the purpose of this paper is to seek the critical success factors (CSFs) of supply chain and identify their relationships to enhance the supply chain performance (SCP) in a sample of Indian manufacturing firms. Design/methodology/approach On the...

Purpose – This paper sets out to argue that, due to a stable set of economic policies over the past decade, today Brazil is much more resilient to international financial crises than in the 1990s. Design/methodology/approach – The paper presents preliminary macroeconomic data in a country...