Handbook of Theories for Purchasing, Supply Chain and Management Research

Answering the strong call for theory application and development in purchasing and supply management (PSM) and supply chain literature, this Handbook is an essential reference that provides extensive guidance on which theories to apply, how to apply them, and when to build theory.

Introductory chapters present the background of theory in PSM, providing a mapping of major types of theory to deliver guidance on appropriate theory application and when a new theory or mid-range theory development is required. Featuring more than 25 theories with relevance across management research, each chapter presents an excellent overview for beginning the exploration of a certain theory. The authors discuss assumptions about different theories such as agency theory, transaction cost, and game theory, and explore levels of analysis, unit of analysis, variables and relationships, as well as key research findings. In addition, chapters include lists of selected seminal literature for further reading.

The Handbook will be a key reference for scholars in management and marketing fields, particularly empirical researchers in operations and management sciences.

Contents:

1 Introduction to the Handbook of Theories for Purchasing, Supply Chain
and Management Research 1
Wendy L. Tate, Lisa M. Ellram and Lydia Bals
2 Foundations of theory 12
Barbara B. Flynn, Mark Pagell, Brian Fugate and David E. Cantor
3 Developing purchasing and supply management theory 29
Mark Pagell, Barbara B. Flynn, Brian Fugate and David E. Cantor
4 Theories relevant to purchasing and supply management research:
status quo and future suggestions 48
Larry Giunipero and Reham Eltantawy
5 Systems levels in purchasing and supply chain management (PSCM)
research: exploring established and novel theories to address PSCM
problems and challenges 63
Christine M. Harland and Jens K. Roehrich
6 Enhancing theorizing in purchasing and supply management through
middle-range theories 80
Jenny Bäckstrand and Árni Halldórsson
7 Transaction cost economics 94
Wendy L. Tate and Lisa M. Ellram
8 Resource-based view 106
Lydia Bals and Eugenia Rosca
9 The knowledge-based view 118
Tobias Schoenherr
10 Resource-advantage theory 140
Donna F. Davis and Teresa M. McCarthy-Byrne
11 Resource and natural resource dependence theories in supply chains 153
Lojain Alkhuzaim, Mahtab Kouhizadeh and Joseph Sarkis
12 Resource orchestration: managers’ role in developing and deploying
resources to create distinctive advantage 168
Stan E. Fawcett, Yao ‘Henry’ Jin, Sebastian Brockhaus, Diego Vega and
Amydee M. Fawcett
13 Agency theory in purchasing and supply management 186
George A. Zsidisin
14 Playing to win: applying game theory to purchasing and supply management 199
Steven Carnovale and Myles D. Garvey
15 Paradox theory 221
Sajad Fayezi
16 Contingency theory and the information processing view 248
Virpi Turkulainen
17 Social exchange theory 267
Carl Marcus Wallenburg and Robert Handfield
18 The relational view 283
Feigao (Kelly) Huang, Eugena Rosca, Lydia Bals and Wendy Tate
19 Supply networks: dyads, triads and networks 295
Zhaohui Wu and Thomas Y. Choi
20 Stakeholder theory 310
Gyöngyi Kovács
21 Institutional theory 320
Katri Kauppi
22 Complex adaptive systems 335
Kevin J. Dooley
23 Factor market rivalry: a general theory of supply chain management 345
Peter M. Ralston, Matthew A. Schwieterman and John E. Bell
24 The industrial network approach and purchasing and supply
management research 360
Björn Axelsson, Lars-Erik Gadde and Finn Wynstra
25 Dynamic capabilities theory 378
Anna Land, Tim Gruchmann, Erik Siems and Philip Beske-Janssen
26 Supply chains as complex adaptive systems 399
Anurag Tewari and Richard Wilding
27 Cluster theory and purchasing science: geographical proximity as
a strategic decision factor in sourcing 412
Holger Schiele
28 Organizational learning theory and its application to purchasing
management and supply chain management research 425
Arash Azadegan and Javad Feizabadi
29 Signalling theory 445
Christian von Deimling, Michael Eßig and Andreas H. Glas
30 Portfolio theory 471
Cees J. Gelderman
31 Supply chains as dynamic socio-technical systems 491
John Gattorna and William Pasmore
32 Panarchy theory 502
Amanda Bille and Andreas Wieland
33 Preferred customer theory: benefiting from preferential treatment from
suppliers through measures on buyer attractiveness and supplier satisfaction 515
Holger Schiele
34 On theories for researching sustainability 531
Thomas E. Johnsen and Federico Caniato

Index