.... Moreover, it explores which kinds of firms are easier to exploit through such textual manipulation and provides a way for suppliers to mitigate it: greater supply chain transparency (SCT). Design/methodology/approach This study applies secondary data analysis. We obtain the textual analysis metrics...

...Dina Ribbink; Rohan D’Lima; Hubert Pun Purpose The purpose of this study is to investigate supply chain transparency in the context of remanufactured consumer goods. Supply chain transparency (SCT) is increasingly gaining importance for the relationship between firms and their final customers...

...Lin Wu; Miao Wang; Ajay Kumar; Tsan-Ming Choi Purpose The call for supply chain transparency (SCT), especially the environmental, social and governance (ESG) aspect, is getting increasingly louder. Based on the signaling theory, our study investigates the operational benefit of supply chain...

...Leven J. Zheng; Nazrul Islam; Justin Zuopeng Zhang; Huan Wang; Kai Ming Alan Au Purpose This study seeks to explore the intricate relationship among supply chain transparency, digitalization and idiosyncratic risk, with a specific focus on newly public firms. The objective is to determine whether...

...Yunting Feng; Qinghua Zhu Purpose The growing attention to green supply chain transparency prompts firms to disclose their environmental efforts and manage environmental issues along supply chains. Drawn upon diffusion theory, this study aims to investigate how customers’ environmental efforts can...

... the effects of firm-level relational embeddedness on network-level transparency still lags. Drawing on social network analysis, this research examines the effect of relational embeddedness on supply chain transparency and the contingent role of digitalization in the context of environmental, social...

...Rongrong Shi; Qiaoyi Yin; Yang Yuan; Fujun Lai; Xin (Robert) Luo Purpose Based on signaling theory, this paper aims to explore the impact of supply chain transparency (SCT) on firms' bank loan (BL) and supply chain financing (SCF) in the context of voluntary disclosure of supplier and customer...

...Qinru Wang; Xiaobo Xu; Yonggui Wang Purpose In this study, the authors investigate whether supply chain (SC) strategies (lean or agile) improve or hinder the supply chain transparency (SCT) and what factors affect this relation. Design/methodology/approach The authors measure the level of SC...

... Supply chain transparency Paradox theory Scope 3 emissions Drawing on paradox theory and the category of the “performing-organizing” paradox, the study investigates the tensions firms experience in the context of organizing the processes involved in managing their indirect GHG emissions...