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CALL FOR PAPERS: Special Issue on Innovation in Supply Networks in Journal of Operations Management

  • 1.  CALL FOR PAPERS: Special Issue on Innovation in Supply Networks in Journal of Operations Management

    Posted 04-13-2018 16:20

    CALL FOR PAPERS

    Special Issue on Innovation in Supply Networks in Journal of Operations Management

    Subodha Kumar, Temple University
    Sriram Narayanan, Michigan State University
    Fabrizio Salvador, IE Business School

    Academics and practitioners are increasingly realizing that the locus of innovation is shifting from firms to their supply networks. By supply network, we refer to the global network of potential actors that include firm's facilities, suppliers, customers and other eco-system partners. By innovation, we refer to (a) development of new products and services; (b) development of new processes to deliver products and services (including support services); (c) development of <g class="gr_ gr_57 gr-alert gr_gramm gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim Grammar only-ins doubleReplace replaceWithoutSep" id="57" data-gr-id="57">new</g> organization and network structures. This special issue invites papers that focus innovations in supply networks. The scope of questions addressed may include, but are not limited to:

    • How does the overall product and service strategy of the firm influences innovation distribution in a firm's supply network, and vice-versa? For example, how does the decision to create global vs local products, to be a leader of <g class="gr_ gr_60 gr-alert gr_gramm gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim Grammar only-ins doubleReplace replaceWithoutSep" id="60" data-gr-id="60">follower</g> in product development, or product architectural decisions influence distribution of innovation in the supply network?
    • How do firms promote innovation in their supply network? Specifically, how do firms spot, encourage, filter and refine innovations that occur in their supply networks?
    • How do firms diffuse innovation across their supply networks? What role does organization and network structure, formal and informal knowledge, communication and governance mechanisms play in diffusing this innovation within supply networks?
    • These include issues such as governance strategies and controls that they impose on their supply chain, the structure of the organization (vertically integrated vs specialized), and the structure and organization of procurement organizations and their interplay with other divisions within the firm such as marketing and R&D.
    • How do firms appropriate the value of innovations in the supply networks? How do firms prevent intellectual property leakage and thefts? How formal and informal contracts and social relationships among network players support <g class="gr_ gr_46 gr-alert gr_gramm gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim Grammar only-ins replaceWithoutSep" id="46" data-gr-id="46">appropriation</g> of value innovation? How do supply chain sourcing structures influence innovation theft and consequent knowledge exchange?
    • What role do information technologies and information systems play in promoting product and process innovations across industries?

    We want to encourage submissions that address these questions from different perspectives, including processes, systems, technology, incentives <g class="gr_ gr_66 gr-alert gr_gramm gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim Punctuation only-ins replaceWithoutSep" id="66" data-gr-id="66">and</g> rewards, as well as culture. Consistent with the mission of the inter-organization relations department, we encourage papers where the unit of analysis is a firm, dyad, triad or a larger network. We welcome studies that rely on archival data, <g class="gr_ gr_41 gr-alert gr_spell gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim ContextualSpelling ins-del multiReplace" id="41" data-gr-id="41">large scale</g> survey studies merged with archival data, or grounded case-based papers that unearth new phenomena. Finally, while innovation is an interdisciplinary topic, we encourage submissions to be in line with JOM's emphasis on operations and supply chain management discipline.


    PROCESS

    Manuscripts for the special issue on Innovation on Supply Networks should be submitted by September 1, 2018 (midnight EST) via the Journal of Operations Management's online submission portal (http://www.journals.elsevier.com/journal-of-operations-management/). Proposals should follow the Journal of Operations Management's submission guidelines. Manuscripts will undergo the standard double-blind review process. If you have questions, please contact us at subodha.kumar@temple.edu; narayanan@broad.msu.edu; Fabrizio.Salvador@ie.edu  



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    Subodha Kumar
    Paul R. Anderson Distinguished Professor
    Professor of Supply Chain, Marketing, Information Systems, and Statistical Science
    Director, Center for Data Analytics
    Fox School of Business, Temple University
    Philadelphia PA
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