Table AII

Analysis of supply chain network structures, based on the literature review

AuthorUpstream suppliers (Tier 0.5, 1, 2, 3 supplier)Second and third part logisticsCompany/focal firm/smart firm (departments and infrastructure facilities)Fourth and fifth part logisticsCustomer/wholesaler or distributorRetailerFinal consumer/end-consumer/end-userOthers supply chain network structure constructs
Stevens (1989) X X X XProducer factory, internal supply chain
Cooper et al. (1997) XXX X X 
Lambert et al. (1998) XXX XXX 
Graham and Hardaker (2000) X X XXXMarketplace/marketspace, physical supply chain, virtual–actual supply chain, value matrix, new and existing markets
Mentzer et al. (2001) XXX XXXThe global environment, market research firm, financial provider
Croxton et al. (2001) XXX XXX 
Duclos et al. (2003) XXXXX XNode/unit flexibility
Chen and Paulraj (2004) X X X XInternal supply chain, environmental uncertainty
Martínez Sánchez and Pérez Pérez (2005) X X   XEnvironmental uncertainty, technological complexity
Lambert and Schwieterman (2012) XXX XXX 
Lambert (2014) XXX XXXMarket, environmental uncertainty, technological complexity
Zhang et al. (2015) XXX XXX 
MacCarthy et al. (2016) X X XXXTechnology and innovation, economics, markets and competition, policy and regulation
Stevens and Johnson (2016) XXXX  XTechnology and systems infrastructure, internal supply chain, external supply chain integration, goal-directed network SC, devolved, collaborative supply chain clusters
Oettmeier and Hofmann (2016) X X  XX 
Hofmann and Rüsch (2017) X X   XPhysical supply chain dimensions: physical world, physical thing; and digital data value chain dimensions: machine and sensor data (cyber-physical systems), digital world, cloud. Internet of Things, Internet of services, smart things, smart factory, smart shop floor, smart warehouse, wearables, block chain
Ardito, Petruzzelli, Panniello and Garavelli (2018) and Ardito, Scuotto, Del Giudice and Messeni (2018) X X XXXInformation and knowledge structure form the cloud and data analytics solutions, cybersecurity protection actors
Büyüközkan and Göçer (2018) X X  XXGlobal and digital retailers

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