Purpose – This paper seeks to report the results of a study examining the importance of information quality for the efficacy of collaborative supply chain practices. Design/methodology/approach – A questionnaire was sent to procurement managers throughout the supply chain within the German...

Purpose – This paper seeks to report the results of an empirical study examining the value creation process of e‐business (EB) applications from a supply chain perspective. Design/methodology/approach – A questionnaire was sent to procurement managers located in the German automotive...

Purpose – The purpose of this research is to examine the effect of industry clockspeed on the relationship between supply chain management (SCM) practices, from both upstream and downstream sides of the supply chain, and SCM performance. Design/methodology/approach – The study is based on a...

Purpose – This paper seeks to report the empirical results examining potential synergetic effects between investments in environmental and quality/lean practices within the supply chain. Design/methodology/approach – Cross‐country survey data collected by the “Global Manufacturing...

Purpose – Although outsourcing has emerged as a key business practice in global supply chain management it has not always been successfully adopted. Since the reasons for outsourcing success and failure are underexplored this research aims to investigate the role of contractual completeness...

Purpose – Organisations need to have a profound level of understanding of their supply chains if they are to successfully find sources of competitive advantage within them. Current methodologies for analysing supply chains, such as the Supply Chain Operations Reference (SCOR) model, are not...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate a model of collaboration based on the notion of firms having strong working relationships with their suppliers and customers. Whilst issues associated with collaborative relationships between firms and their trading partners are a key theme...

Purpose – This paper aims to examine the direct and indirect effects of the use of electronic markets (e‐markets), access to online data and trading partner collaboration on operational performance. Design/methodology/approach – This study involved survey data from 233 Australian firms....

Purpose – This paper aims to investigate the motivations of Australian manufacturing companies for sourcing products and services from China, the results achieved and whether these lived up to expectations, related barriers and problems, and how these problems were dealt with....

Purpose – This paper aims to report the results of an empirical study examining the operational, environmental and social sustainability performance impact of supply chain integration (SCI) width and depth in the form of coordinative and collaborative SCI. Design/methodology/approach – A...