Handbook of Research Methods for Supply Chain Management

Edited by Stephen Childe, Associate Professor in Business Management and Operations, Plymouth Business School, University of Plymouth and Anabela Soares, Senior Lecturer in Strategy and Operations Management, Bristol Business School, University of the West of England, UK

Contents:

Introduction to the Handbook of Research Methods for Supply Chain Management xii
Anabela Soares and Stephen Childe

PART I HOW TO DO RESEARCH IN SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT (SCM)
Introduction to Part I 2
Anabela Soares and Stephen Childe
1 The evolution of supply chain literature: key theories, concepts and
categorisations 24
Larry C. Giunipero and Diane L. Denslow
2 Systematic literature review guidelines for supply chain management research 45
Giang Nguyen, Vikas Kumar and Anabela Soares
3 Undertaking supply chain management research: philosophy and practice 71
Breno Nunes, David Bennett and Miles Weaver
4 Gaining access for data collection 86
Mike Simpson, Andrea Genovese and Ahmad Rais Mohamad Mokhtar
5 Questionnaire design in SCM research 105
Barbara B. Flynn
6 Qualitative case study research methods in supply chain management 125
Felicity Kelliher
7 Action research for supply chain management: reflections and practical guide 149
Anne Touboulic, Lucy McCarthy, Anna Sannö and Carsten Reuter
8 PLAY WITH PURPOSE – LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY® Methods for
understanding and researching complex systems such as supply chains
and supply chain management 169
Tammi Sinha
9 Qualitative data analysis 187
Moya Lerigo-Sampson
10 Bayesian analysis in operations and supply chain management 202
Qingyun Zhu and Joseph Sarkis
11 Partial least squares in supply chain management: an example study on
sustainable supply chain management practices 221
K.T. Shibin, Rameshwar Dubey and Benjamin T. Hazen
12 Supply chain research – conclusions, implications and limitations 244
Peter Nielsen
13 A paper is not a little thesis! How to write a journal paper 255
Stephen Childe
14 The publication process and how to promote your paper 273
Stephen Childe

PART II CURRENT ISSUES AND FUTURE RESEARCH DIRECTIONS
Introduction to Part II 284
Anabela Soares and Stephen Childe
15 Advanced services: new dominant logic for manufacturers 288
Ali Ziaee Bigdeli, Tim Baines and Kawaljeet Kapoor
16 Defining the Supply Chain Quality Management concept 307
Rui Oliveira, Paulo Sampaio, Catarina Cubo, Maria Sameiro Carvalho and
Ana Cristina Fernandes
17 Researching social responsibility in the supply chain context 323
Alison Ashby
18 Sustainable supply chain management and theory: taking stock and
looking ahead 339
Leonardo Marques, Anne Touboulic and Helen Walker
19 Sustainability in supply chain management 352
Anton Shevchenko, Frank Montabon, Mark Pagell and Zhaohui Wu
20 Value chain analysis: a diagnostic tool for building sustainable supply chains 368
Andrew Fearne and Beverly Wagner
21 Supply Chain Resilience – research issues in supply chains in the era of
lean and local production 390
Laura Purvis, Mohammed Naim, Anthony Soroka and Timothy Ramjaun
22 Supply chain research issues in developing and emerging industrial economies 404
Breno Nunes and David Bennett
23 Global supply chain configurations using environmental complexity
dimensions: an ontological examination 424
Aseem Kinra, Juliana Hsuan and Herbert Kotzab
24 Circular economy and supply chain management 437
Simon Peter Nadeem, Jose Arturo Garza-Reyes and Vikas Kumar
25 Supply chain systems: life cycle thinking and analysis 448
Raymond Obayi and Seyed M. Ebrahimi
26 Physical distribution in international and maritime supply chains: some
current issues and future research directions 468
John Dinwoodie
27 Research needs in disaster response logistics 481
José Holguín-Veras, Trilce Encarnación, Diana Ramirez-Rios, Johanna
Amaya and Felipe Aros-Vera
28 Culture in buyer–supplier relationships in a supply chain 496
Trevor Cadden and Aisling Bonner

Index 520