Tilburg University (UVT) • Supply Chain Management

Summary of the two articles: o Zsidisin, George A., and Lisa M. Ellram. "An agency theory investigation of supply risk m anagement." Journal of supply chain management 39.2 (2003): 15-27. o Iyer, Ananth, and Omkar Palsule-Desai. "Contract design for the stockist in Indian distribution networks." Manufacturing & Service Operations Management 21.2 (2019): 398-

Summary of the two articles: o Ketokivi, M., Turkulainen, V., Seppälä, T., Rouvinen, P., & Ali-Yrkkö, J. (2017). Why locate manufacturing in a high-cost country? A case study of 35 production location decisions. Journal of Operations Management, 49, 20-30. o Vitasek, K., & Manrodt, K. (2012). Vested outsourcing: a flexible framework for collaborative outsourcing. Strategic Outsourcing: An International Journal.

Summary of the two articles: o Ketokivi, M., & Mahoney, J. T. (2017). Transaction cost economics as a theory of the firm, management, and governance. In Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Business and Management. o Jensen, P. H., & Stonecash, R. E. (2005). Incentives and the efficiency of public sector‐outsourcing contracts. Journal of Economic Surveys, 19(5), 767-787.

Summary of the two articles: o Zhao, Lima, and Arnd Huchzermeier. "Supply chain finance. (Chapter 6)". In Supply chain finance. Springer, Cham, 2018. 105-119. o Chen, Tao, et al. "Finance and firm volatility: Evidence from small business lending in China." Management Science (2021).

Summary of the two articles: o Bhardwaj, A., & Ketokivi, M. (2021). Bilateral dependency and supplier performance ambiguity in supply chain contracting: Evidence from the railroad industry. Journal of Operations Management, 67(1), 49-70. o Poppo, L., Zhou, K. Z., & Zenger, T. R. (2008). Examining the conditional limits of relational governance: specialized assets, performance ambiguity, and long‐standing ties. Journal of Management Studies, 45(7), .

Summary of the two articles: • Oliver, N., Calvard, T., & Potočnik, K. (2017). Cognition, technology, and organizational limits: Lessons from the Air France 447 disaster. Organization Science, 28(4), 729-743. • Hopkins, A. (2011). Management walk-arounds: Lessons from the Gulf of Mexico oil well blowout. Safety Science, 49(10), .

Summary of two articles: o Robinson, C.J., & Malhotra, M.K. (2005). Defining the concept of supply chain quality management and its relevance to academic and industrial practice. International Journal of Production Economics, 96(?), 315-337. o Hines, P., Holweg, M., & Rich, N. (2004). Learning to Evolve: A Review of Contemporary Lean Thinking. International Journal of Operations & Production Management, 24(10), 994-1011.

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