OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of International Journal of Operations & Production Management is 15. 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 2021-02-01 to 2025-02-01.)

Article	Citations
Impact pathways: managing relational risk in project operations	107
The relational focus of small and medium sized actors' understandings of supply chain finance (SCF)	106
Unveiling the impact of the congruence between artificial intelligence and explorative learning on supply chain resilience	93
Unfolding the resource configuration and interaction in digital servitization: an exploratory two-stage research design	92
The influence of institutional logics on vaccine development, production and distribution in Africa	85
Organizing for permanent beta: performance measurement before vs performance monitoring after release of digital services	75
Omni-channel integration: the matter of information and digital technology	74
Swimming against the tide: supplier bridging roles in diffusing sustainability upstream and downstream in supply networks	72
Fostering firms' ability to cascade sustainability through multi-tier supply chains: an investigation of power sources	72
The impact of corporate support programs on environmental and social innovation: empirical insights from the food and beverage industry	66
Project managers' reactions to project disruption: sponsor actions versus environmental uncertainty	66
Dynamic openness for network-enabled product and process innovation: a panel-data analysis	63
The effects of performance measurement system uses on organizational ambidexterity and firm performance	62
Actions speak louder than words? The impact of subjective norms in the supply chain on green innovation	58
The paradox of supplier development in technology-based luxury supply chains	57
The impact of supply chain transparency on financing offerings to firms: the moderating role of supply chain concentration	54
Addressing supplier sustainability misconducts: response strategies to nonmarket stakeholder contentions	54
How performance measurement systems enable or hinder organizational ambidexterity	54
Reconciling and reconceptualising servitization research: drawing on modularity, platforms, ecosystems, risk and governance to develop mid-range theory	52
A lifecycle analysis of complex public procurement: an agency-institutional theory perspective	52
Do more concentrated supplier portfolios benefit firm innovation? The moderating roles of financial slack and growth opportunities	51
(Un)Learning sustainability practices in a multi-tiered supply chain: an interpretive study	50
The role of employees' participation and managers' authority on continuous improvement and performance	50
Panarchy-based transformative supply chain resilience: the role of supply chain capital	49
Panarchy theory: myth or reality? Empirical evidence of the socio-ecological nature of supply chains	47

Making agency theory work for supply chain relationships: a systematic review across four disciplines	46
From supply chain learning to the learning supply chain: drivers, processes, complexity, trade-offs and challenges	44
Exploring the application of blockchain to humanitarian supply chains: insights from Humanitarian Supply Blockchain pilot project	43
Sustainable innovations for humanitarian operations in refugee camps	43
The mitigating role of blockchain-enabled supply chains during the COVID-19 pandemic	42
How does supply chain transparency influence idiosyncratic risk in newly public firms: the moderating role of firm digitalization	41
Resilient supply management systems in times of crisis	41
Theorising worker voice for supply chain justice – communication, representation and recognition	39
The effect of production system characteristics on resilience capabilities: a multiple case study	39
Is supplier involvement always beneficial for financial performance? The roles of ambidextrous innovations and product smartness	37
Does organizational readiness matter in lean thinking practices? An agency perspective	37
Are common directors guilty of corporate fraud contagion from the customer side?	35
The impact of monetary incentives and regulatory focus on worker productivity and learning in order picking	34
Asymmetric investments in exchange relationships, perceived supplier shirking and cross-functional information sharing as a moderator	33
Explaining the servitization paradox: a configurational theory and a performance measurement framework	33
Is it good to have a choice? The value of participatory order assignments in warehousing	31
Servitization in cross-border relationships: investigating the effects of global supply chain dependence on the servitization level of the manufacturers	30
When servitized manufacturers globalise: becoming a provider of global services	30
Towards an understanding of illegal supply chain design in conflict areas: the case of the grain supply chain in Ukraine	29
Interplay between servitization and platforms: a longitudinal case study	29
Digital integration capability asymmetry and buyer product innovation: the contingent roles of environmental dynamism and innovative climate	27
Contingency role of a Supplier's operational efficiency in the customer relationship – performance links	26
The effect of SMEs' ambidextrous innovations on supply chain financing performance: balancing effect and moderating effect	26
Unlocking supply chain agility and supply chain performance through the development of intangible supply chain analytical capabilities	26
Performance improvements in logistics outsourcing relationships: the role of LSP and customer organizational culture archetypes	26
How does reverse factoring affect operating performance? An event study of Chinese manufacturing firms	26
Effects of supply chain quality event announcements on stock market reaction: an empirical study from China	24
Developing a learning-to-learn capability: insights on conditions for Industry 4.0 adoption	24
Geopolitical disruptions and the manufacturing location decision in multinational company supply chains: a Delphi study on Brexit	24
Linking competitive priorities, smart manufacturing advancement and organizational microfoundations	24
The impact of supply chain strategy on supply chain transparency over the firm lifecycle: evidence from China	24
Substitution and complementarity dynamics in configurations of sustainable management practices	24
Achieving resilient supply chains: managing temporary healthcare supply chains during a geopolitical disruption	24
Tuning value chains for better signals in the post-COVID era: vaccine supply chain concerns	23
Improving group problem solving through awareness of members’ problem-solving preferences	23
Navigating sociopolitical waters: exploring the influence of key factors on global supply base concentration	23
Unpacking patient engagement in remote consultation	23
Direct and mediation effect of supply chain complexity drivers on supply chain performance: an empirical evidence of organizational complexity theory	23
Beyond the new normal for sustainability: transformative operations and supply chain management for negative emissions	23
Elastic manufacturing: provisioning and deprovisioning production capacity to vary product volume and mix	23
The impact of servitization on trade credit in manufacturing firms: a signaling theory perspective	22
Operations in the upper echelons: leading sustainability through stewardship	22
Deriving efficiency from the major customer network: the role of network connectedness and centeredness	22
Configurations of financing instruments for supply chain cost reduction: evidence from Chinese manufacturing companies	22
From corporate governance to sustainability outcomes: the key role of operations management	22
Intuitive global sourcing – a study of supplier selection decisions by apparel SMEs	22
Finding the right one: understanding the supplier selection process of social enterprises	21
Why project managers’ knowledge hiding is harmful to NPD projects: resilient team resource caravans as an explanatory mechanism	21
Unleashing the power of supply chain learning: an empirical investigation	21
Supplier selection at the base of the chain: navigating competing institutional logics for shared mutual value	21

Follow the leader (or not): the influence of superstars on crowd size in crowdsourcing contests	21
Toward a moral approach to stakeholder management: insights from the inclusion of marginalized stakeholders in the operations of social enterprises	21
The effects of tie strength and data integration with supply base on supply disruption ambiguity and its impact on inventory turnover	20
The bright side of being uncertain: the impact of economic policy uncertainty on corporate innovation	20
Social enterprises in supply chains: driving systemic change through social impact	20
Let's talk about it: the impact of nurses' implicit voice theories on individual agility and quality of care	19
Carbon neutral announcements and Chinese stock market reaction: a supply chain network-based perspective	19
Toward a common humanitarian supply chain process model: the Frontline Humanitarian Logistics Initiative	19
Integrating distribution, sales and services in manufacturing: a comparative case study	19
Social media analytics and product innovation: mediating effects of knowledge exploration and exploitation competences	18
Financial performance of firms with supply chains during the COVID-19 pandemic: the roles of dynamic capability and supply chain resilience	18
The “dark side” of Industry 4.0: How can technology be made more sustainable?	18
Partners' knowledge utilization and exploratory innovation: the moderating effect of competitive and collaborative relationships	18
Beyond efficiency: the role of lean practices and cultures in developing dynamic capabilities microfoundations	18
Making supply chains great again: examining structural changes to US manufacturing supply chains	18
Kaizen event process quality: towards a phase-based understanding of high-quality group problem-solving	17
How boundary spanners'guanximatters: managing supply chain dependence in China	17
Enhancing sustainable supply chain management performance through alliance portfolio diversity: the mediating effect of sustainability collaboration	17
Effects of supply chain disruptions due to COVID-19 on shareholder value	17
Bridging sustainability knowledge management and supply chain learning: evidence through buyer selection	17
Sustainability of transport and logistics companies: an empirical evidence from a developing country	17
Big textual data research for operations management: topic modelling with grounded theory	16
Guest editorial: Supply chain transparency: opportunities, challenges and risks	16
Environmental collaboration with suppliers and cost performance: exploring the contingency role of digital orientation from a circular economy perspective	16
A complexity management approach to servitization: the role of digital platforms	15
How do governmental wage subsidies enhance SME resilience in the COVID-19 pandemic?	15
Public procurement as an attractive customer: a supplier perspective	15
Geopolitical disruptions and supply chain structural ambidexterity	15
The interplay of integration, flexibility and coordination: a dynamic capability view to responding environmental uncertainty	15
The impact of normative institutions on socially sustainable supply chain management: the role of individual cultural values	15
The impact of corporate social responsibility decoupling on financial performance: the role of customer structure and operational slack	15