... overlapping suppliers moderate the inverted U-shaped relationship. Specifically, a longer relationship flattens the curve, whereas a stronger partnership shifts the peak upward and to the right and steepens the curve. Originality/value We contribute to the literature on supply network innovation...

...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...

...Iryna Malacina; Katrina Lintukangas Purpose In innovation management, the complexity inherited in the supply network may be necessary for success. This study aims to holistically examine innovation complexities and system attractors within a hierarchically nested supply network and explore how...

...Leonardo Marques; Marina Dastre Manzanares Purpose Despite the systemic nature of circular economy (CE), theorisation that draws from a supply network perspective is only incipient. Moreover, the operations and supply chain management (OSCM) field has engaged in little dialogue with circularity...

...Thomas E. Johnsen; Federico Caniato; Osama Meqdadi; Toloue Miandar Purpose This paper aims to investigate the bridging role of first-tier suppliers in diffusing sustainability in supply networks and how this role is facilitated by the procurement function. Design/methodology/approach The paper...

...Fabienne Chedid; Canan Kocabasoglu-Hillmer; Jörg M. Ries Purpose The importance of the supply network to firm performance is well documented. Until now, the firm and its suppliers have been conceptualized as single entities. Yet, multinational corporations (MNCs) are composed of a complex...

...Osama Meqdadi; Thomas E. Johnsen; Mark Pagell Purpose This paper explores how the procurement function initiates and develops relationships with social enterprises that are intended to induce social impact in the supply networks of for-profit firms. Design/methodology/approach The paper...

...María Isabel Roldán Bravo; Antonia Ruiz-Moreno; Francisco Javier Lloréns Montes Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explain how a buying organization’s desorptive capacity relative to its supply network enhances the organization’s supply chain competence. The research also analyzes...