... on the relational view and signaling theory, we develop and test a dual-mechanism framework explaining how proactive supplier list disclosure simultaneously erodes operational performance while enhancing innovation performance, and identify the conditions that amplify each effect. Design/methodology/approach...

...Yang Lei; Xiaosong David Peng; Xiande Zhao; Yue Guo; Yiying Zhang Purpose The purpose of this study is to investigate how customers' geographic diversification (GD) affects their suppliers' operational performance and the underlying mechanisms. This study also examines two boundary conditions...

...Wenjin Hu; Yuqi Peng; Yongyi Shou; Stephan M. Wagner Purpose Adopting network theory, this study explores how efficiency-driven mergers and acquisitions (M&As) affect acquiring firms’ short-term and long-term operational performance and how acquiring firms’ supply network structural attributes...

... of the supply network and draws on balance theory, complemented by social exchange theory. The study examines how different configurations of buyer-supplier-supplier triads affect the supplier’s operational performance as perceived by the buyer. Design/methodology/approach A multi-method approach...

...Giovanna Culot; Matteo Podrecca; Guido Nassimbeni Purpose This study analyzes the performance implications of adopting blockchain to support supply chain business processes. The technology holds as many promises as implementation challenges, so interest in its impact on operational performance has...

...Yavuz Idug; Suman Niranjan; Ila Manuj; David Gligor; Jeffrey Ogden Purpose The proliferation of ride-hailing businesses brings significant considerations for improving the driver's operational performance. Informed by the literature on sharing economy, general deterrence theory and protection...

... motivates firms to develop SF and integrate business strategies for better supply chain coordination (SCC) and enhanced performance. This study tests the role of SCC as a mediator between (1) business strategy integration (BSI) and operational performance, and (2) SF and operational performance. The study...

... to test the effect of PRAC on the relationship between buyer-supplier information sharing and performance. Findings The results show that increasing buyer-supplier information sharing is sufficient to obtain a positive impact on operational performance. To improve purchasing sustainability performance...

...-functional integration enhances manufacturers' innovation and operational performance. Moreover, cross-functional integration has a stronger impact on operational performance when firms implement a well-designed goal-based incentive system. However, the authors find that the goal-based incentive system does...

... auditable CSR standard: Social Accountability 8000 (SA8000). Design/methodology/approach First, an event study is performed on a dataset composed of 136 SA8000 decertified public listed companies to analyse the possible relationship between certification, decertification and firms’ operating performance...

...Ambra Galeazzo; Andrea Furlan; Andrea Vinelli Purpose Drawing on the theoretical concept of organisational fit, this paper questions the relevance of employees' participation in the link between continuous improvement (CI) and operational performance. The literature has long emphasised...

... relationships. Findings The results clearly suggest that entrepreneurial orientation, strategic intent and potential absorptive capacity could positively impact innovation and operational performance outcomes independently. In addition, the authors also find strategic intent and potential absorptive...

... of the current study. The results indicate that agility and lean practices are significant antecedents of social sustainability orientation as well as social sustainability performance. The results also suggest that agility has a significant indirect effect on operational performance via social...

...Wantao Yu; Roberto Chavez; Mark Jacobs; Chee Yew Wong; Chunlin Yuan The results indicate that ES has a significant positive effect on SCI and SCR. SCI is significantly and positively related to SCR. SCR partially mediates the relationship between ES and operational performance, and fully...

... Licensed re-use rights only Prior research has shown that operational intellectual capital (OIC) and investments in lean practices (ILP) lead to better operational performance. However, there have been no empirical studies on the synergetic effects between OIC components and ILP. More specifically...

...Maria Kapsali; Jens K. Roehrich; Pervaiz Akhtar Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine combinations of contract clauses in order to ascertain which combinations correlate to high operational performance (OP). Design/methodology/approach Two hypotheses were formulated from contracting...

... their operational performance in terms of quality, delivery and costs (Slack et al., 2010), they can turn to lean management, which is known to increase operational performance (Womack and Jones, 2003). Lean practices are a set of methods, procedures, techniques and tools aimed at continuously creating...

..., it is difficult to know what practices will provide benefits and what management orientations can maximize the impact of these practices on operational performance. The purpose of this paper is to advance the knowledge on the effect of social sustainability orientation on operational performance by examining...

... at http://creativecommons.org/licences/by/4.0/legalcode Sustainability Corporate social responsibility Event study Operational performance Social accountability SA8000 To fill abovementioned gaps, this paper addresses the following two research questions: RQ1. What...

.... Performance measurement Operational performance Globalization Productivity Management of technology The concept of productivity is the expected indicator of efficiency in any production-based system, yet the various levels of analysis used – individual, company, sector, discipline, region...