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There are many changes in the EU Agricultural Supply Chain (ASC). These changes cause environmental turbulence for supply chain entities operating in this sector. In the Greek ASC, there is a significant decline in its performance in particular at producers’ level. Based on the Contingency Theory this paper aims to identify the relevant environmental turbulence factors in Greek ASC context from the producers’ perspective and ascertain their impact on producers based on their choice of buyer type i.e. collaboration type. Twenty in-depth semi-structured interviews were conducted with Greek ASC producers. Thematic analysis was used to analyse the interviews. The findings suggest the existence of six major environmental turbulence factors at producers’ level which are: regulatory, market, competitive, weather, economic and political turbulence factors. Producers selling their products to cooperatives were found to be significantly impacted by the different environmental turbulence factors. Future research directions as well as managerial and policy implications are identified.
Stella Despoudi; Grammatoula Papaioannou; Samir Dani. Producers responding to environmental turbulence in the Greek agricultural supply chain: does buyer type matter? Production Planning & Control 2020, 1 -14.
AMA StyleStella Despoudi, Grammatoula Papaioannou, Samir Dani. Producers responding to environmental turbulence in the Greek agricultural supply chain: does buyer type matter? Production Planning & Control. 2020; ():1-14.
Chicago/Turabian StyleStella Despoudi; Grammatoula Papaioannou; Samir Dani. 2020. "Producers responding to environmental turbulence in the Greek agricultural supply chain: does buyer type matter?" Production Planning & Control , no. : 1-14.
Food supply chains are receiving increased attention due to rapid depletion of natural resources, increasing quality standards and rising food safety and security concerns. Implementing sustainability practices in food supply chains is believed to overcome such emerging challenges. However, limited studies address sustainability implementation concerns, particularly in cold food supply chains. Thus, this study attempts to identify factors hindering sustainability implementation in cold food chain networks by considering a case of UK artisan cheese producers. Survey data is utilised to identify and prioritise barriers for implementing sustainability following fuzzy analytic hierarchy process and sensitivity analysis. The analysis identified several key barriers, including initial investment cost, firm size and unawareness of government regulations. The internal barriers significantly dominate the implementation of sustainability practices in comparison to external barriers. Lack of consensus regarding the concept of sustainability by different stakeholders is observed to be an issue negatively affecting the level of integration in SMEs. Findings will help food and dairy SME's in gaining competitive advantage through the successful implementation of sustainability practices.
Abhijeet Ghadge; Merve Er Kara; D. G. Mogale; Sonal Choudhary; Samir Dani. Sustainability implementation challenges in food supply chains: a case of UK artisan cheese producers. Production Planning & Control 2020, 1 -16.
AMA StyleAbhijeet Ghadge, Merve Er Kara, D. G. Mogale, Sonal Choudhary, Samir Dani. Sustainability implementation challenges in food supply chains: a case of UK artisan cheese producers. Production Planning & Control. 2020; ():1-16.
Chicago/Turabian StyleAbhijeet Ghadge; Merve Er Kara; D. G. Mogale; Sonal Choudhary; Samir Dani. 2020. "Sustainability implementation challenges in food supply chains: a case of UK artisan cheese producers." Production Planning & Control , no. : 1-16.
The purpose of this paper is to explore how organisational culture, represented by the competing values framework (CVF), and the relationship mechanisms of situational strength and power influence an organisation’s approach to supply chain resilience (SCRES). This is a conceptual paper which uses a multi-theoretical approach to create a framework outlining how organisations which possess different characteristics of culture within the CVF will work to achieve SCRES. Secondary analysis of four case examples as discussed in the supply chain and resilience literature are then used to support the development of propositions from this framework in more detail. The paper suggests that ‘flexibility focused’ cultures will create weaker situational strengths for supply chain partners when managing disruptions, while ‘stability focused’ cultures will create stronger situational strengths in the same scenarios. ‘Internally focused’ cultures may use coercive power with supply chain partners when managing disruptions, while ‘externally focused’ cultures will prefer non-coercive power in the same scenarios. The four case studies from the literature highlight that each type of culture within the CVF can enable an organisation to achieve SCRES. The practical implications of the findings are that managers should take into consideration how their organisation’s culture will influence their relationships with supply chain partners, depending on their application of power and situational strength. However, future research is required to empirically test the propositions.
James Whiteside; Samir Dani. Influence of Organisational Culture on Supply Chain Resilience: A Power and Situational Strength Conceptual Perspective. Journal of Risk and Financial Management 2020, 13, 147 .
AMA StyleJames Whiteside, Samir Dani. Influence of Organisational Culture on Supply Chain Resilience: A Power and Situational Strength Conceptual Perspective. Journal of Risk and Financial Management. 2020; 13 (7):147.
Chicago/Turabian StyleJames Whiteside; Samir Dani. 2020. "Influence of Organisational Culture on Supply Chain Resilience: A Power and Situational Strength Conceptual Perspective." Journal of Risk and Financial Management 13, no. 7: 147.
The research and thinking pertaining to blockchain have thus far focused on cryptocurrency and Bitcoin. However, there is increased interest in using the technology to solve operational challenges in manufacturing and service supply chains. In this study, we introduce a new implication of using blockchain technology and propose two unique contributions. First, we introduce the notion of computational costs (measured in units of gas) as an essential mechanism for completing operational transactions in the blockchain environment. Second, we discuss the use of smart contracts and their influence on operational transactions. To investigate the link between blockchain transaction and computational costs, this study uses an experimental methodology. We develop and implement a fully functional virtual public blockchain to store, validate, and maintain transactions. The methodology provides a process to measure the computational costs, frequency, and intensity of transactions. This research contributes to conceptual research on the blockchain implementation paradigm. Its novelty stems from the identification of computational costs for operational transactions and use of an experimental methodology. This research provides managers an insight into the design of smart contract transactions in a supply chain from a cost perspective.
Abdul Jabbar; Samir Dani. Investigating the link between transaction and computational costs in a blockchain environment. International Journal of Production Research 2020, 58, 3423 -3436.
AMA StyleAbdul Jabbar, Samir Dani. Investigating the link between transaction and computational costs in a blockchain environment. International Journal of Production Research. 2020; 58 (11):3423-3436.
Chicago/Turabian StyleAbdul Jabbar; Samir Dani. 2020. "Investigating the link between transaction and computational costs in a blockchain environment." International Journal of Production Research 58, no. 11: 3423-3436.