Managing Global Supply Chain Relationships: Operations, Strategies and Practices provides a unique perspective on global supply chain management in three ways. First is its content. It focuses on cutting-edge issues that are of importance to supply chain managers and corporations around the globe. Second, the book is unique in that it brings together the research from scholars in 14 countries on four continents. It examines both issues that cut across national boundaries and in-depth examination of issues related to supply chain relationships within a number of countries. Third, Managing Global Supply Chain Relationships: Operations, Strategies and Practices draws upon cross-disciplinary theoretical foundations, synthesizing relevant insights from existing theory in a variety of fields and applying them to a new context. It focuses on examining critical questions for supply chain managers in today's dynamic global environment, from the perspective of high quality theoretical and empirical research. It includes conceptual research, as well as research based on case studies, surveys and modeling. The scholars who have contributed chapters are leading scholars in their home countries, as well as internationally. They bring to bear rigorous approaches to the development of theoretical frameworks and empirically test important hypotheses related to global supply chain relationships.
– Barbara Flynn, Indiana University, USA; Michiya Morita, Gakashuin University, Japan; and Jose Machuca, Universidad de Sevilla, Spain