ISBN: 3790815837
TITLE: Research Methodologies in Supply Chain Management
AUTHOR: Kotzab et al.
TOC: 

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