...) weak conceptual foundation, (3) poor research design, (4) flawed research method, (5) insufficient knowledge contributions and (6) poor paper crafting – which undermine systematicity and generativity. For each of the pitfalls, we put forward mitigation strategies, which collectively help improve...

... Group Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Research methods Social network analysis Supply chain management The supply chain management (SCM) discipline is increasingly investigating supply chain relationships beyond the traditional buyer-supplier dyad, focussing instead...

... the much advocated multiple-respondent approach has gained a foothold in SCM research and how its proliferation in the field can be furthered. Research methods Survey research Systematic literature review Multiple informants To analyze quantitative SCM research that uses multiple...

...Dan Flint; Britta Gammelgaard; Susan L. Golicic; Donna F. Davis Purpose The purpose of this paper is to describe how to implement mixed methods research in supply chain management. Design/methodology/approach A review of past journal analyses on research methods used in supply chain management...

... practice Mystery methodology Qualitative research Research methods Supply chain management In this paper, I draw on the fact that qualitative research is gaining acceptance to advance knowledge of logistics and supply chain management (SCM) (Craighead et al., 2007 ; Halldórsson...

... that the nature of the documentary method enables researchers to capture rich details of the micropractices of logistic processes while also providing an analytical protocol that draws generalisable principles from unique cases. It can therefore supplement a logistic researcher's methods toolkit. Further...

.... What are the issues that must be overcome in order for firms to enact inter‐firm information sharing? © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2012 Grounded theory Supply chain research methods Theory development Research methods Supply chain management A broad theory capable...

... at: stwagner@ethz.ch © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2012 Research methodology Small sample studies Supply chain management Research methods Samples The main issue with using small samples concerns a lack of statistical power. If a study lacks statistical power...

... insights than would have been the case if a single research methodology had been employed. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2004 Logistics Research methods Quantitative methods Quality assessment This paper seeks to highlight the benefits which can result from combining qualitative...

... management Research methods Research The positivistic approach is predominant in logistics research (Mentzer and Kahn, 1995). Essentially, a positivistic approach implies that “reality is considered to be objective, tangible and fragmentable … Research findings in the positivist tradition...