Research Methodologies in Supply Chain Management (Paperback)

Is There a Right Research Design for Your Supply Chain Study?.- Substantive Justification for Theory Building.- A Balanced Approach to Research in Supply Chain Management.- A Critical Discussion on the Theoretical and Methodological Advancements in Supply Chain Integration Research.- Measuring Supply Chain Integration - Using the Q-Sort Technique.- Supply Chain Management and the Challenge of Organizational Complexity - Methodological Considerations.- The Configurational Approach in Supply Chain Management.- Conducting a Literature Review - The Example of Sustainability in Supply Chains.- Research Methodologies in Supply Chain Management - What Do We Know?.- Surveys in Supply Chain Management.- The Role and Importance of Survey Research in the Field of Supply Chain Management.- Web-based Surveys in Logistics Research: An Empirical Application.- SCM Research Methodologies: Employing Structural Equation Modeling.- Structural Equation Modeling as a Basis for Theory Development within Logistics and Supply Chain Management Research.- Customers' Perceptions of Service Quality by TPL Service Providers in the United Kingdom - A Confirmatory Factor Analysis.- Third Party Logistics in Thailand - From the Users' Perspective.- A Market-Oriented View of SCM - Researching Criteria and Instruments in the Public Procurement Process.- Case Study Research in Supply Chains.- Case Study Research in Supply Chains - An Outline and Three Examples.- A Proposal for Case Study Methodology in Supply Chain Integration Research.- Using Case Study Methods in Researching Supply Chains.- Multilevel Issues in Supply Chain Management.- Cost Management along the Supply Chain - Methodological Implications.- Case Studies and Surveys in Supply Chain Management Research - Two Complementary Methodologies.- Towards Triangulation - Blending Techniques in Supply Chain Management Context.- Action Research in Supply Chains.- Action Research in Supply Chain Management - An Introduction.- The Application of Action Learning and Action Research in Collaborative Improvement within the Extended Manufacturing Enterprise.- Integrating Environmental and Social Standards into Supply Management - An Action Research Project.- Supply Chain Diagnostics to Confront Theory and Practice - Re-Questioning the Core of Supply Chain Management.- A Logistics and Supply Chain Approach to Seaport Efficiency - An Inquiry Based on Action Research Methodology.- Modelling Supply Chains.- Supply Chain Management Research Methodology Using Quantitative Models Based on Empirical Data.- Of Stocks, Flows, Agents and Rules - "Strategic" Simulations in Supply Chain Research.- Analysis of Supply Chain Dynamics through Object Oriented Simulation.- The Potential of Cooperative Game Theory for Supply Chain Management.- Modeling the Effect of Product Architecture Modularity in Supply Chains.- Heuristics in the Multi-Location Inventory System with Transshipments.- Contract Typology as a Research Method in Supply Chain Management.- Load Dependent Lead Times - From Empirical Evidence to Mathematical Modeling.- Recovery Network Design for End-of-Life Vehicles.- Modeling and Integrated Assessment of Mass and Energy Flows within Supply Chains.- Socrates Thematic Network to Enhance European Teaching and Research of Operations as Well as Supply Chain Management.