...Abhishek Srivastava; Parimal Kumar; Arqum Mateen Purpose This study analyzes supplier development investment decisions under a triadic setting (two buyers and a common supplier). In a triadic setting, the supplier development investment decision of one buyer can have a spillover effect...

... data gathered from 223 procurement specialists working in various manufacturing firms through a structured questionnaire. Valid data is then analyzed through the structure equation modeling technique for hypotheses testing. Findings The findings of this study reveal that supplier development...

...Sanjay Jharkharia; Chiranjit Das Purpose The purpose of this paper is to provide an analytical model for low carbon supplier development. This study is focused on the level of investment and collaboration decisions pertaining to emission reduction. Design/methodology/approach The authors...

...Manojkumar Vithalrao Dalvi†; Ravi Kant† Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the role of supplier development activities (SDAs) in the context of three major performance outcomes (POs), i.e. supplier performance improvement (SPI), buyer’s competitive advantage improvement (BCAI...

...Sarang Joshi; Manoj Kharat; Rakesh Raut; Sachin Kamble; Sheetal Kamble Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the relationships between supplier development practices (SDPs) and supplier-buyer relationship practices from the supplier’s perspective (SBRSP), and seek to understand how...

...Srikanta Routroy; Sudeep Kumar Pradhan Purpose – The aim of this paper is to propose a benchmarking model of supplier development (SD) for an Indian gear manufacturing company for its successful adoption and improvement in a continuous basis. Design/methodology/approach – Thirteen SD...

...Srikanta Routroy; Sudeep Kumar Pradhan Purpose The purpose of this paper is to identify and evaluate the critical success factors (CSFs) responsible for supplier development (SD) in a manufacturing supply chain environment. Design/methodology/approach In total, 13 CSFs for SD are identified...

.... Originality/value The paper uses a new method for analyzing Toyota's supplier development practices by mathematically representing and analyzing Toyota's organizational documents. This new method allows various components and features of Toyota's supplier development process to be represented and described...