...Mahour Mellat Parast Purpose This paper aims to examine the relationship between supply chain quality management practices and their impact on supply chain performance. The authors define and operationalize supply chain quality management practices that enhance knowledge creation and learning...

...Trish Gibson; Donald Kerr; Ron Fisher Purpose There is an acknowledged need to advance the supply chain management (SCM) learning agenda, with an emphasis on integration. This paper discuss an Australian university–industry collaboration aimed at accelerating SCM learning and offers some insight...

..., a conceptual model was proposed, in which the interrelated hypotheses were tested by structural equation modelling methodology using a dataset collected from 266 Chinese electronics firms. Findings – Initially, it was found that SC integration and external learning positively influenced SC agility...

...Frank Lambrechts; Tharsi Taillieu; Styn Grieten; Johan Poisquet Purpose The purpose of this paper is to build a conceptual framework for understanding how in‐depth joint supply chain learning can be successfully developed. This kind of learning is becoming increasingly important in highly...

...Miguel Hernández‐Espallardo; Augusto Rodríguez‐Orejuela; Manuel Sánchez‐Pérez Purpose Inter‐firm knowledge sharing and learning constitute one of the main avenues to improve supply chains' performance in today's business environment. This paper aims to examine how effective different governance...

... development, knowledge transfer and learning and on the interaction model of the Industrial Marketing and Purchasing group, certain factors that condition learning and knowledge transfer through supplier development programmes are discussed and a conceptual framework for improving knowledge transfer...

...Ray Collins; Tony Dunne; Michael O’Keeffe The concept of knowledge as a strategic asset of a firm underpins the idea that the “learning” in a learning organisation can be a source of competitive advantage. The principles of learning organisations can also be applied to integrated supply chains...

... learning as a proxy. We explore the pre‐conditions for learning to emerge and the impact of learning on supply chain performance. A number of factors that affect partner‐like behavior also affect learning. Also, learning appears to have a positive impact on performance measures relating to end‐customer...

...Brian Fynes; Antti Ainamo Examines organisational learning in a lean supply arrangement between a multinational buyer and its local suppliers. Looks at how organisations learn and unlearn. Reviews buyer‐seller relationships. Presents a lean supply model that combines the essence of learning...