Research Methodologies in Supply Chain Management

by Kotzab, Herbert; Seuring, Stefan; Muller, Martin; Reiner, Gerald

• ISBN13: 9783790815832
• ISBN10: 3790815837
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-07-30
• Publisher: Physica Verlag

Summary

While supply chain management has risen to great prominence in recent year, there are hardly related developments in research methodologies. Yet, as supply chains cover more than one company, one central issue is how to collect and analyse data along the whole or relevant part of the supply chain. Within the 36 chapters 70 authors bring together a rich selection of theoretical and practical examples of how research methodologies are applied in supply chain management. The book contains papers on theoretical implications as well as papers on a range of key methods, such as modelling, surveys, case studies or action research. It will be of great interest to researchers in the area of supply chain management and logistics, but also to neighbouring fields, such as network management or global operations.

Table of Contents

Preface	v
Is There a Right Research Design for Your Supply Chain Study?	1	(14)
Stefan Seuring
Martin Muller
Gerald Reiner
Herbert Kotzab
Part 1 - Substantive Justification for Theory Building
A Balanced Approach to Research in Supply Chain Management	15	(16)
Susan L. Golicic
Donna F. Davis
Teresa M. McCarthy
A Critical Discussion on the Theoretical and Methodological Advancements in Supply Chain Integration Research	31	(16)
Dirk Pieter van Donk
Taco van der Vaart
Measuring Supply Chain Integration - Using the Q-Sort Technique	47	(12)
Sakun Boon-itt
Himangshu Paul
Supply Chain Management and the Challenge of Organizational Complexity -- Methodological Considerations	59	(16)
Stig Johannessen
The Configurational Approach in Supply Chain Management	75	(16)
Axel Neher
Conducting a Literature Review - The Example of Sustainability in Supply Chains	91	(16)
Stefan Seuring
Martin Miiller
Magnus Westhaus
Romy Morana
Research Methodologies in Supply Chain Management - What Do We Know?	107	(18)
Arni Halldorsson
Jan Stentoft Arlbjorn
Part 2 -- Surveys in Supply Chain Management
The Role and Importance of Survey Research in the Field of Supply Chain Management	125	(14)
Herbert Kotzab
Web-based Surveys in Logistics Research: An Empirical Application	139	(16)
David B. Grant
Christoph Teller
Wolfgang Teller
SCM Research Methodologies: Employing Structural Equation Modeling	155	(16)
Cristina Gimenez
Rudolf Large
Eva Ventura
Structural Equation Modeling as a Basis for Theory Development within Logistics and Supply Chain Management Research	171	(16)
Carl Marcus Wallenburg
Jurgen Weber
Customers' Perceptions of Service Quality by TPL Service Providers in the United Kingdom-A Confirmatory Factor Analysis	187	(16)
Harlina Suzana Jaafar
Mohammed Rafiq
Third Party Logistics in Thailand -- From the Users' Perspective	203	(16)
Pornpen Setthakaset
Chuda Basnet
A Market-Oriented View of SCM - Researching Criteria and Instruments in the Public Procurement Process	219	(16)
Edeltraud Gunther
Ines Klauke
Part 3 - Case Study Research in Supply Chains
Case Study Research in Supply Chains - An Outline and Three Examples	235	(16)
Stefan Seuring
A Proposal for Case Study Methodology in Supply Chain Integration Research	251	(16)
Teresa M. McCarthy
Susan L. Golicic
Using Case Study Methods in Researching Supply Chains	267	(16)
Marie Koulikoff-Souviron
Alan Harrison
Multilevel Issues in Supply Chain Management	283	(16)
Marian Oosterhuis
Eric Molleman
Taco van der Vaart
Cost Management along the Supply Chain - Methodological Implications	299	(16)
Richard Chivaka
Case Studies and Surveys in Supply Chain Management Research -Two Complementary Methodologies	315	(16)
Cristina Gimenez
Towards Triangulation - Blending Techniques in Supply Chain Management Context	331	(18)
Ozlem Bak
Part 4 - Action Research in Supply Chains
Action Research in Supply Chain Management - An Introduction	349	(16)
Martin Muller
The Application of Action Learning and Action Research in Collaborative Improvement within the Extended Manufacturing Enterprise	365	(16)
Rick Middel
Louis Brennan
David Coghlan
Paul Coughlan
Integrating Environmental and Social Standards into Supply Management - An Action Research Project	381	(16)
Julia Koplin
Supply Chain Diagnostics to Confront Theory and Practice - Re-Questioning the Core of Supply Chain Management	397	(16)
Gunter Prockl
A Logistics and Supply Chain Approach to Seaport Efficiency - An Inquiry Based on Action Research Methodology	413	(18)
Khalid Bichou
Richard Gray
Part 5 - Modelling Supply Chains
Supply Chain Management Research Methodology Using Quantitative Models Based on Empirical Data	431	(14)
Gerald Reiner
Of Stocks, Flows, Agents and Rules - ``Strategic'' Simulations in Supply Chain Research	445	(16)
Andreas Grobler
Nadine Schieritz
Analysis of Supply Chain Dynamics through Object Oriented Simulation	461	(16)
Francesco Casella
Giovanni Miragliotta
Luigi Uglietti
The Potential of Cooperative Game Theory for Supply Chain Management	477	(16)
Jorn-Henrik Thun
Modeling the Effect of Product Architecture Modularity in Supply Chains	493	(16)
Juliana H. Mikkola
Heuristics in the Multi-Location Inventory System with Transshipments	509	(16)
Lars Magne Nonas
Kurt Jornsten
Contract Typology as a Research Method in Supply Chain Management	525	(14)
Alejandro Gomez-Padilla
Jeanne Duvallet
Daniel Llerena
Load Dependent Lead Times - From Empirical Evidence to Mathematical Modeling	539	(16)
Julia Pahl
Stefan Vob
David L. Woodruff
Recovery Network Design for End-of-Life Vehicles	555	(16)
Heinz Ahn
Jens Keilen
Rainer Souren
Modeling and Integrated Assessment of Mass and Energy Flows within Supply Chains	571	(16)
Jutta Geldermann
Martin Treitz
Hannes Schollenberger
Otto Rentz
Socrates Thematic Network to Enhance European Teaching and Research of Operations as well as Supply Chain Management	587	(6)
Jose A. D. Machuca
Rafaela Alfalla Luque
Macarena Sacristan Diaz
Gerald Reiner
Editors	593	(2)
Authors	595