... case research seeks to make objective explanations that are bound by the case context. This study demonstrates how a critical realist synthesis of causal reasoning and contextual complexity allows for stronger theorizing in SCM. Design/methodology/approach This study highlights the possibilities...

... aims to draw insight from the resource-based view (RBV) to conceptualize customer integration as an input resource that triggers product and process innovation capabilities to enhance customer value. The study further draws on the contingent RBV to examine supply chain network complexity (SCNC...

..., during and post-peak Covid-19. Findings The type and nature of exchanges between organizations involved in the cluster established important insights into success factors for cluster creation and development. Using an established complexity framework, this study identifies the characteristics...

... to be congruent with contextual variables. The connection between the organizational characteristics and contextual conditions occurs through the notion of fit. Contextual variables could include environmental complexity, uncertainty, strategies, types of technology, types of interdependence and system...

...Emilia Vann Yaroson; Liz Breen; Jiachen Hou; Julie Sowter Purpose The purpose of this study was to advance the knowledge of pharmaceutical supply chain (PSC) resilience using complex adaptive system theory (CAS). Design/methodology/approach An exploratory research design, which adopted...

...James Aitken; Ann E. Esain; Sharon Williams Purpose Managing complexity within care ecosystems is an increasing universal challenge. In health, this is emphasised by recent calls for greater care integration to achieve service improvement as levels of comorbidity and frailty grow within...

...Thomas E. Johnsen; Ole Stegmann Mikkelsen; Chee Yew Wong Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the challenges facing companies that operate within complex supply networks and the strategies they use to manage such complex supply networks. Design/methodology/approach The paper uses...

...Seyoum Eshetu Birkie; Paolo Trucco; Pablo Fernandez Campos Purpose This study aims to investigate the influence of supply chain (SC) complexity on the effectiveness of resilience capabilities in mitigating SC disruptions. Hypotheses about direct and moderating influences of complexity...

...James Aitken; Cecil Bozarth; Wolfgang Garn Purpose Existing works in the supply chain complexity area have either focused on the overall behavior of multi-firm complex adaptive systems or on listing specific tools and techniques that business units (BUs) can use to manage supply chain complexity...