Supply Chain Cases Leading Authors, Research Themes and Future Direction

This book provides an overview and analysis of the key publications and authors in the study of supply chain management since its inauguration in the 1980s. Reviewing 1699 published research works and case studies, it is the first to combine and analyse publication data and citations in order to assess the most popular topics and authors, and their effect on the discipline's development. Identifying key scholars and articles throughout supply chain management, the author explores research themes such as the emphasis on sustainability and the environment post-financial crisis, as well as a growing interest in food supply chain case studies. New approaches are identified to increase the number of cases which can be put towards building future research projects.

1 Introduction

2 Data-Gathering Methods

3 Descriptive Analysis

4 Early Era 1995–2008: Citations to Published Research Works and Their Authors

5 After the Crisis Era 2009–2015: Citations to Published Research Works and Their Authors

6 Characteristics of Case Studies that Feature Multiple Cases

7 Sustaining High Performer: Supply Chain Risk Management

8 Research Methodology and Identifying Key References Used

9 Tag Cloud Analyses

10 Conclusions

Index 

Olli-Pekka Hilmola is Professor of Logistics at Lappeenranta University of Technology (LUT), Finland. His research focuses on industrial management, supply chain management, system dynamics and transportation systems and he has published over 300 publications, including books, conference proceedings and articles. Professor Hilmola is currently on the editorial board of several international journals.