OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of International Journal of Operations & Production Management is 17. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2020-04-01 to 2024-04-01.)

Article	Citations
Research opportunities for a more resilient post-COVID-19 supply chain – closing the gap between research findings and industry practice	508
Supply chain sustainability: learning from the COVID-19 pandemic	362
Corona virus, tariffs, trade wars and supply chain evolutionary design	166
Digital transforming capability and performance: a microfoundational perspective	128
Ambiguity and its coping mechanisms in supply chains lessons from the Covid-19 pandemic and natural disasters	116
Leading digital transformation: three emerging approaches for managing the transition	106
Pandemic-induced knowledge gaps in operations and supply chain management: COVID-19’s impacts on retailing	75
On the road to digital servitization – The (dis)continuous interplay between business model and digital technology	73
The role of digital transformation to empower supply chain finance: current research status and future research directions (Guest editorial)	63
Managing information asymmetry in public–private relationships undergoing a digital transformation: the role of contractual and relational governance	62
Strategic supplier relationships and supply chain resilience: Is digital transformation that precludes trust beneficial?	62
Managing supply chain uncertainty arising from geopolitical disruptions: evidence from the pharmaceutical industry and brexit	61
The interplay of governance mechanisms in supply chain collaboration and performance in buyer–supplier dyads: substitutes or complements	59
The application of theory in literature reviews – illustrated with examples from supply chain management	58
Supply chain sustainability trajectories: learning through sustainability initiatives	56
Designing blockchain systems to prevent counterfeiting in wine supply chains: a multiple-case study	56
The hidden side of sustainable operations and supply chain management: unanticipated outcomes, trade-offs and tensions	55
Agility and lean practices as antecedents of supply chain social sustainability	55
Rethinking lean supplier development as a learning system	54
Big data analytics in digital platforms: how do financial service providers customise supply chain finance?	52
The impact of digitalization and inter-organizational technological activities on supplier opportunism: the moderating role of relational ties	51
The mitigating role of blockchain-enabled supply chains during the COVID-19 pandemic	51
Explaining the servitization paradox: a configurational theory and a performance measurement framework	50
Preparing supply chain for the next disruption beyond COVID-19: managerial antecedents of supply chain resilience	46
Exploring digital servitization trajectories within product–service–software space	45

Leveraging the circular economy with a closed-loop supply chain and a reverse omnichannel using blockchain technology and incentives	43
Supplier–supplier coopetition and supply chain disruption: first-tier supplier resilience in the tetradic context	43
Digital orientation, digital maturity, and digital intensity: determinants of financial success in digital transformation settings	42
Exploring the application of blockchain to humanitarian supply chains: insights from Humanitarian Supply Blockchain pilot project	41
Inventory and ordering decisions: a systematic review on research driven through behavioral experiments	41
Supply chain resilience in mindful humanitarian aid organizations: the role of big data analytics	41
Catastrophic supply chain disruptions and supply network changes: a study of the 2011 Japanese earthquake	40
Digitization of manufacturing: the role of external search	40
Additive manufacturing in the apparel supply chain — impact on supply chain governance and social sustainability	38
Modern slavery in supply chains: insights through strategic ambiguity	37
Digitally enabled advanced services: a socio-technical perspective on the role of the internet of things (IoT)	37
The dark side of supply chain digitalisation: supplier-perceived digital capability asymmetry, buyer opportunism and governance	36
Toward a multilevel perspective on digital servitization	34
Digitalization opportunities for the procurement function: pathways to maturity	34
An unstructured big data approach for country logistics performance assessment in global supply chains	34
Is lean a theory? Viewpoints and outlook	32
Innovativeness and lean practices for triple bottom line: testing of fit-as-mediation versus fit-as-moderation models	32
Can we have it all? Sustainability trade-offs and cross-insurance mechanisms in supply chains	32
Geopolitical disruptions and the manufacturing location decision in multinational company supply chains: a Delphi study on Brexit	32
Socially responsible operations in the Industry 4.0 era: post-COVID-19 technology adoption and perspectives on future research	31
Maximising “Community Benefits” in public procurement: tensions and trade-offs	31
Product returns: a growing problem for business, society and environment	31
Developing a learning-to-learn capability: insights on conditions for Industry 4.0 adoption	31
“Managing the “new normal”: the future of operations and supply chain management in unprecedented times”	31
Coopetition in temporary contexts: examining swift trust and swift distrust in humanitarian operations	30
Understanding the influence of servitization on global value chains: a conceptual framework	29
Capabilities for enhancing supply chain resilience and responsiveness in the COVID-19 pandemic: exploring the role of improvisation, anticipation, and data analytics capabilities	29
A complexity management approach to servitization: the role of digital platforms	29
Paradoxical tensions in sustainable supply chain management: insights from the electronics multi-tier supply chain context	29
The role of strategic collaborations and relational capital in enhancing product performance – a moderated-mediated model	28
Aspirations and environmental performance feedback: a behavioral perspective for green supply chain management	28
Redesigning global supply chains during compounding geopolitical disruptions: the role of supply chain logics	27
Practitioners' learning about healthcare supply chain management in the COVID-19 pandemic: a public procurement perspective	27
“The map is not the territory”: a boundary objects perspective on supply chain mapping	27
Social network analysis in operations and supply chain management: a review and revised research agenda	27
The dark side of sustainable dairy supply chains	26
The metaverse as a breakthrough for operations and supply chain management: implications and call for action	26
The interplay between digital transformation and governance mechanisms in supply chains: evidence from the Italian automotive industry	26
Exploring the antecedents of organizational resilience practices – A transactive memory systems approach	25
Achieving loyalty for sharing economy platforms: an expectation–confirmation perspective	25
Structuring the phenomenon of procurement digitalisation: contexts, interventions and mechanisms	25
The hidden side of sub-supplier firms' sustainability – an empirical analysis	24
Supplier-initiating risk management behaviour and supply-side resilience: the effects of interpersonal relationships and dependence asymmetry in buyer-supplier relationships	24
Expect the unexpected: toward a theory of the unintended consequences of sustainable supply chain management	24
An empirical analysis of suppliers' trade-off behaviour in adopting digital supply chain financing solutions	23
Leveraging social media in new product development: organisational learning processes, mechanisms and evidence from China	23
Reconciling and reconceptualising servitization research: drawing on modularity, platforms, ecosystems, risk and governance to develop mid-range theory	23
Unpacking the impact of social media analytics on customer satisfaction: do external stakeholder characteristics matter?	22
Big data and big disaster: a mechanism of supply chain risk management in global logistics industry	21
Supply chains' sustainability trajectories and resilience: a learning perspective in turbulent environments	21

Blockchain announcements and stock value: a technology management perspective	21
Thinking differently about supply chain resilience: what we can learn from social-ecological systems thinking	20
Supply chain corruption practices circumventing sustainability standards: wolves in sheep's clothing	20
The impacts of supply chain finance initiatives on firm risk: evidence from service providers listed in the US	20
Direct and mediation effect of supply chain complexity drivers on supply chain performance: an empirical evidence of organizational complexity theory	20
Theory development in servitization through the application of fsQCA and experiments	20
The mediating role of knowledge management processes in the effective use of artificial intelligence in manufacturing firms	20
Service delivery system design for risk management in sharing-based product service systems: a customer-oriented approach	19
Social media–based customer service and firm reputation	19
Servitization for consumer products: an empirical exploration of challenges and benefits for supply chain partners	19
Unlocking supply chain agility and supply chain performance through the development of intangible supply chain analytical capabilities	19
Exploring the root causes of servitization challenges: an organisational boundary perspective	19
A history-based framework of servitization and deservitization	18
The institutional logic of the sustainable organisation: the case of a chocolate supply network	18
Performance effects of entrepreneurial orientation, strategic intent and absorptive capacity within coopetitive relationships	18
Environmental collaboration with suppliers and cost performance: exploring the contingency role of digital orientation from a circular economy perspective	18
Silence is golden: the role of team coordination in health operations	18
Mitigating personal protective equipment (PPE) supply chain disruptions in pandemics – a system dynamics approach	18
How to enhance supplier performance in China: interplay of contracts, relational governance and legal development	18
The boundary-spanning role of first-tier suppliers in sustainability-oriented supplier development initiatives	18
Data analytics capability and servitization: the moderated mediation role of bricolage and innovation orientation	18
How does reverse factoring affect operating performance? An event study of Chinese manufacturing firms	18
Improving high lean team performance through aligned behaviour-value patterns and coactive vicarious learning-by-doing	18
Informal governance in the digital transformation	18
Relationship configurations for procuring from social enterprises	17
Beyond COVID-19 supply chain heroism, no dust settling yet – lessons learned at Rolls Royce about advancing risk management thinking	17
Distributed manufacturing: a new form of localised production?	17
The role of absorptive capacity in the adoption of Smart Manufacturing	17