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Buyer-Supplier Relationship in Supply Network: Implications of Tier-II Supplier Management Practices
No full textThis paper examines how governance practices such as contract formalization, collaboration and network leadership affect supplier performance across supply networks that differ from one another in terms of product complexity and duration of product life cycle. It compares four distinct supply networks involving a focal OEM, four of its tier-I suppliers and the corresponding tier-II suppliers in the motorbike industry. It is noted that the efficacy of formalization, collaboration and network leadership significantly differ across the networks. The usefulness of the above three governance practices is affected by specific contingencies like product complexity and availability of alternatives
The paradox of supplier development in technology-based luxury supply chains
No full textPurposeThis paper aims to examine how collaborative supplier development (SD) activities, supplier capabilities and buyer-supplier relationship interrelate in technology-based, luxury product business contexts characterized by small volumes, difficult targets and resource constraints relative to those targets.Design/methodology/approachUsing inductive case research method, the authors investigate multiple embedded cases involving six dyadic buyer-supplier relationships of two luxury product manufacturers in the motorcycle and automotive industries. Each dyad represents an important sub-system for which the buying firm committed significant SD efforts to help the supplier successfully achieve difficult targets.FindingsThe analysis reveals how paradoxical tensions might emerge as the firms engage in successful SD activities, which could lead to decreasing relationship commitment ultimately resulting in the termination of the relationship. The authors utilize the "value co-creation and value capture" paradox framework to understand the SD and relationship dynamic and characterize it as developing-leveraging paradox to explain its dualities, i.e. commitment-based SD efforts (increasing value co-creation), and unilateral leveraging of the newly acquired capabilities (increasing value capture) by both the buyer and the supplier. Overemphasis on value capture by one of the exchange partners spurs a detrimental vicious cycle leading to the decline of the relationship.Research limitations/implicationsThe study explains the paradoxical dynamics that may emerge in SD activities of innovative, technologically complex, luxury product firms. The findings contribute to the SD literature by highlighting how learnings from SD activities could contribute to the dark sides of buyer-supplier relationship. The technologically complex, luxury product contextual characteristics of the study may limit the generalizability of the study findings.Originality/valueThe study provides novel insights into the emergence and management of paradoxes in buyer-supplier relationships, in terms of virtuous and vicious dynamics of developing-leveraging
A content-analytic understanding of factors contributing to the success of proactive environmental strategy
No full textAgainst the backdrop of an ecocentric paradigm, this study applies Natural Resource Based view (NRBV) and stakeholder theoretic tenets to better understand the factors contributing to the success of proactive environmental initiatives. The study uses data that are obtained through content analysis of the sustainability reports of thirty environmentally reputed companies that are part of Global Environmental Management Initiative (GEMI) consortium. Partial Least Squares (PLS)-based SEM is used to analyze the relationships among the constructs of interest. The study finds that although firms with strategic environmental orientation adopt proactive environmental initiatives, establish innovation infrastructure, and communicate with stakeholders, the communications with stakeholders are not deep enough to reflect the environmental practices adequately. Inadequate stakeholder communication hinders environmental product and process improvements, which deters financial payoffs
A contingent assessment of the structural and governance characteristics of interconnected dyads in multitier supply chains
No full textPurpose: The purpose of this paper is to examine the buyer–supplier exchange dynamic in terms of the influence of product and market contingencies on the interfirm connectivity, governance and exchange performance of interconnected dyads in multitier supply chains (MSCs). Design/methodology/approach: Using an inductive approach, the authors analyzed the supply network of a high-end motorcycle manufacturer (OEM). Four sets of “interconnected dyads” constituting four embedded units of analysis were considered, each involving the OEM, its tier 1 and corresponding tier 2 suppliers. These interconnected dyads representing four strategic components and their sub-components offer contrasts in terms of product and market contingencies. Findings: This analysis reveals that product and market contingencies influence patterns of dependence among firms. These in turn impact interfirm connectivity (i.e. structural characteristic), and the degree of contract formalization, collaboration and concentration of decision-making power (i.e. governance characteristics) in the interconnected dyads. The authors also found that structural and governance aspects can have mutual influence, leading to satisfactory or unsatisfactory outcomes. Propositions synthesizing the relationships among the constructs are developed. Research limitations/implications: The constructs and their underlying relationships need to be further refined if we are to devise hypotheses and validate them at a large-scale empirical level. Originality/value: This is one of the first studies to explore the influence of business contingencies on the complex buyer–supplier exchange dynamic in MSCs having a “beyond the dyad” perspective. The authors address why and how various types of interconnectivity are developed, and how the interplay among interfirm dependence, connectivity and governance influences the suppliers’ performance in the MSCs
Caregiver needs scale_neurodevelopmental disorders
No full textObjectives: To explore the care-giving needs of parents of children suffering from neurodevelopmental disorders in an Indian settingMethods: One-hundred and twelve parents (within the age group of 18-60 years) who are involved in care-giving of children (aged 3–12 years and diagnosed with a neurodevelopmental disorder according to DSM 5) were assessed using a Hindi version of Caregiver Needs Scale.Results: The mean score on CNS -Hindi version obtained was 80.39 (SD-14.36) indicating a high degree of caregiver needs amongst the parents. Around 65.7% of the respondents expressed a definite need for help in all the items of the scale. The total score on CNS showed a significant (p<0.05) negative correlation with the age of the child, suggesting that parents with children of a younger age demonstrated more care-giving needs. Age of parent showed a significant (p<0.05) negative correlation with scores for community and financial needs.Conclusions: Parents of children with neurodevelopmental disorders expressed a high degree of caregiver needs in multiple domains, e.g., information, community service, support, and financial needs. Understanding parents’ perspectives on important unmet needs are important to modify health services and improve family outcomes
Comparison of velocity gradient |<i>F</i>″(0)| with that of Mahapatra et al. [36] when <i>β</i> = <i>λ</i> = 0.
No full textComparison of velocity gradient |F″(0)| with that of Mahapatra et al. [36] when β = λ = 0.</p
Rise of Red Terror: The Ethics and Effectiveness of Maoist Violence in India
No full textThe University Archives has determined that this item is of continuing value to OSU's history.The media can be accessed here: http://streaming.osu.edu/knowledgebank/mershon10/043010.mp4Sangeeta Mahapatra is a Fulbright-Nehru Doctoral and Professional Research Fellow. As a visiting scholar at the Mershon Center for International Security Studies, she is currently working on a comparative study of counterterrorism strategies of India, Israel and the United States. As Mahapatra argues, the core of counterterrorism is capability. While states may set for themselves certain goals, how far they are able to deliver on them determines the strengths and weaknesses of their counterterrorism strategy. The aim of the study is to expand the scope of counterterrorism decision-making by studying how the three countries use their political, legal, civilian and economic structures to deal with an outlier event. The question is not about expending a lot of resources on a "high risk-low probability" threat but about responding to it in timely, cost-efficient and effective manner. Mahapatra is the author of Pacification of the Irreconcilable: The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict (Kolkata, 2005) and Miasma: A Collection of Short Stories (Chowringhee Prakashini Press, Kolkata, 1999). She has also published various journal articles including "Economic Globalization: Understanding the Process beyond the Politics," in Globalization in India: New Frontiers, Emerging Challenges, ed. by Swapan Kumar Pramanick and Ramanuj Ganguly (Prentice Hall of India, 2009) and "Human Rights in Pakistan: A Heuristic of Hope and Despair," in Human Rights in South Asia, ed. by Joseph Benjamin (Nagpur University, 2009).Ohio State University. Mershon Center for International Security Studie
sj-docx-3-pie-10.1177_09544089231193927 - Supplemental material for Parametric analysis of erosion wear of sponge iron slag-filled ramie–epoxy composites using Taguchi and preference selection index methods
No full textSupplemental material, sj-docx-3-pie-10.1177_09544089231193927 for Parametric analysis of erosion wear of sponge iron slag-filled ramie–epoxy composites using Taguchi and preference selection index methods by Sourav Kumar Mahapatra and Alok Satapathy in Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part E: Journal of Process Mechanical Engineering</p
STRATEGIC SUPPLY MANAGEMENT: THE CASE OF AN ITALIAN OEM
No full textThis paper investigates the governance mechanisms that are effective in a niche business with high product complexity, low volumes, and relatively short product life cycle. Building theory from case study, it is argued that under these circumstances, firms need to deviate from the conventional, mutually exclusive choices of either transactional or relational governance. It is observed that governance approach that suitably combines the contractual and relational aspects is likely to be more effective. Evidences from an important OEM in the high-end motorbike industry, and 4 of its most important suppliers, confirm that the combined alternative is not only tenable but also advantageous. It is observed that success (or failure) of a governance mechanism depends on conditions such as mutual dependence, appropriate setting of performance goals, and equitable contractual terms. Adoption of additional trust-building practices could help to reinforce the relationship
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