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Organization theory offers a wide variety of interesting and useful perspectives, including the resource-based view, the knowledge-based view, strategic choice theory, agency theory, institutional theory, and systems theory. The application of such theories to a phenomenon often provides greater understanding. Yet, to date, researchers interested in operations management in general and supply chain management in particular have made limited use of these theories. We believe that the theories that are currently guiding organizational inquiry can shed significant light on supply chain management. Specifically, application of these theories might help resolve ongoing debates as well as open up new areas of investigation.
The special issue on Organization Theory and Supply Chain Management aims to publish a set of papers that will shed greater insights into how important organizational theories can help describe, explain, and predict supply chain activities and outcomes. In terms of content, papers may be either conceptual or empirical in nature, adopt a domestic or international focus, and pursue either theory-building or theory-testing. In term of methodology, papers may be based on empirical techniques (e.g., case, survey, archival research, etc.) or on modeling techniques (i.e., optimization or simulation). Papers that integrate multiple perspectives and/or multiple methodologies are especially encouraged.
Appropriate theories and topics include but are not limited to:
) Do certain supply chain practices or characteristics meet the criteria for serving as strategic resources -are they rare, valuable, and difficult to imitate or substitute? ) If so, to what extent and how do these practices/characteristics create a long-term competitive advantage?
) To what extent and how does knowledge exchange facilitate concerted supply chain action and improved outcomes? ) To what extent and how can knowledge management help international supply chain partners bridge cultural differences?
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