Research Methodologies in Supply Chain Management

Is There a Right Research Design for Your Supply Chain Study?....Pages 1-12
A Balanced Approach to Research in Supply Chain Management....Pages 15-29
A Critical Discussion on the Theoretical and Methodological Advancements in Supply Chain Integration Research....Pages 31-46
Measuring Supply Chain Integration — Using the Q-Sort Technique....Pages 47-58
Supply Chain Management and the Challenge of Organizational Complexity — Methodological Considerations....Pages 59-73
The Configurational Approach in Supply Chain Management....Pages 75-89
Conducting a Literature Review — The Example of Sustainability in Supply Chains....Pages 91-106
Research Methodologies in Supply Chain Management — What Do We Know?....Pages 107-122
The Role and Importance of Survey Research in the Field of Supply Chain Management....Pages 125-137
Web-based Surveys in Logistics Research: An Empirical Application....Pages 139-154
SCM Research Methodologies: Employing Structural Equation Modeling....Pages 155-170
Structural Equation Modeling as a Basis for Theory Development within Logistics and Supply Chain Management Research....Pages 171-186
Customers’ Perceptions of Service Quality by TPL Service Providers in the United Kingdom — A Confirmatory Factor Analysis....Pages 187-202
Third Party Logistics in Thailand — From the Users’ Perspective....Pages 203-218
A Market-Oriented View of SCM — Researching Criteria and Instruments in the Public Procurement Process....Pages 219-232
Case Study Research in Supply Chains — An Outline and Three Examples....Pages 235-250
A Proposal for Case Study Methodology in Supply Chain Integration Research....Pages 251-266
Using Case Study Methods in Researching Supply Chains....Pages 267-282
Multilevel Issues in Supply Chain Management....Pages 283-297
Cost Management along the Supply Chain — Methodological Implications....Pages 299-314
Case Studies and Surveys in Supply Chain Management Research — Two Complementary Methodologies....Pages 315-330
Towards Triangulation — Blending Techniques in Supply Chain Management Context....Pages 331-346
Action Research in Supply Chain Management — An Introduction....Pages 349-364
The Application of Action Learning and Action Research in Collaborative Improvement within the Extended Manufacturing Enterprise....Pages 365-380
Integrating Environmental and Social Standards into Supply Management — An Action Research Project....Pages 381-396
Supply Chain Diagnostics to Confront Theory and Practice — Re-Questioning the Core of Supply Chain Management....Pages 397-412
A Logistics and Supply Chain Approach to Seaport Efficiency — An Inquiry Based on Action Research Methodology....Pages 413-428
Supply Chain Management Research Methodology Using Quantitative Models Based on Empirical Data....Pages 431-444
Of Stocks, Flows, Agents and Rules — “Strategic” Simulations in Supply Chain Research....Pages 445-460
Analysis of Supply Chain Dynamics through Object Oriented Simulation....Pages 461-476
The Potential of Cooperative Game Theory for Supply Chain Management....Pages 477-491
Modeling the Effect of Product Architecture Modularity in Supply Chains....Pages 493-508
Heuristics in the Multi-Location Inventory System with Transshipments....Pages 509-524
Contract Typology as a Research Method in Supply Chain Management....Pages 525-538
Load Dependent Lead Times — From Empirical Evidence to Mathematical Modeling....Pages 539-554
Recovery Network Design for End-of-Life Vehicles....Pages 555-570
Modeling and Integrated Assessment of Mass and Energy Flows within Supply Chains....Pages 571-585
Socrates Thematic Network to Enhance European Teaching and Research of Operations as Well as Supply Chain Management....Pages 587-591