Purpose Although supply chain managers serve a central role when implementing corporate environmental sustainability objectives, existing literature does not demonstrate high levels of supply manager support for such initiatives. This paper aims to investigate the potential of individual...

Purpose – The aim of this paper is to investigate how a manufacturer's relationship with firms operating in different institutional logics can facilitate or hinder the outcomes of research partnerships. Design/methodology/approach – The paper tests the study hypotheses based on a survey of...

Prior studies compare keiretsu member firm and independent firm performance. Here, we use historical and power dependence perspectives to theorize that the Japanese keiretsu system primarily benefits the most central firms. We test this by examining the performance of two types of keiretsu firms...

To remain competitive today, flatter organizations must rely more on middle management in order to adapt in response to demands in the dynamic environments in which they operate. Yet oftentimes organizations do not change even in the face of evolving markets. Using an experiment, we examine how...