Sustainable supply network management

What is it about?

This study maps the literature on knowledge and networks in supply chain management. We show that vertical ties limited to direct suppliers or third-party monitoring of global suppliers are both insufficient. Lack of co-opetition is an impediment to knowledge diffusion. And the debate of whether or not global dispersion is an impediment to knowledge diffusion seems inconclusive. More importantly, there is a lack of network-level studies mapping the diversity of actors in supply networks.

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Photo by Alina Grubnyak on Unsplash

Photo by Alina Grubnyak on Unsplash

Why is it important?

The study calls attention to the need to consider the network perspective to caputre the challenges of knowledge diffusion in supply chains.