“…These topics are discussed in section Emerging Topics in BOSCM Studies. One of the more established topics is the power balance and trust level between buyers and suppliers and its operational implications (Ireland & Webb, ; Terpend & Ashenbaum, ; Pulles, Veldman, Schiele, & Sierksma, ; Brito & Miguel, ; Aral, Bakos, & Brynjolfsson, ; Kaufmann et al., ). Other related topics are supply chain integration (Enz & Lambert, ; Thornton, Esper, & Autry, ) and supplier development and knowledge transfer (Kim, Hur, & Schoenherr, ; Preston, Chen, Swink, & Meade, ).…”