From the Editors: Introduction to the Emerging Discourse Incubator on the Topic of Research at the Intersection of Supply Chain Management and Public Policy and Government Regulation

The Implications of Firm‐Specific Policy Risk, Policy Uncertainty, and Industry Factors for Inventory: A Resource Dependence Perspective

“…In response to concerns that supply chain management research has yet to pay sufficient attention to the role of government and public policy (Fugate et al, 2018), our core contribution centers on moving policy‐related variables to the forefront in order to explicate their effect on supply chain operations. Specifically, we theorized about and provided evidence of how inventory is influenced by risk and uncertainty about the future path of government policy.…”

“…For scholars, our application of resource dependence theory does not advance the theory per se, but it does build understanding of how firms buffer against different varieties and levels of uncertainty, including those created by government policy (e.g., Flynn, Koufteros, & Lynn, 2016). In doing so, we address the goal of the Emerging Discourse Incubator to “move [policy] variables closer to the forefront of research” (Fugate, Pagell, & Flynn, 2018 p. 89). This allows us to build on past work on the effects of specific policy decisions (e.g., Cantor et al, 2009; Corsi et al, 1992; Miller et al, 2020; Smith & Grimm, 1987) by examining the more general effects of risk and uncertainty surrounding government policymaking.…”

Call for papers for the 2021 Emerging Discourse Incubator: Managing Working Conditions in Supply Chains: Towards Decent Work

“…While we are open to submissions using both qualitative and quantitative methods, as well as purely conceptual papers, submissions must make signification theoretical contributions. Authors are explicitly encouraged to incorporate insights from the two recent Emerging Discourse Incubators in the Journal of Supply Chain Management on “ Research at the Intersection of Supply Chain Management and Public Policy and Government Regulation ” (Fugate et al, 2019) and “ Research Where the Focal Actor in the Network is Not a For‐Profit Firm ” (Pagell, Fugate, & Flynn, 2018; Pagell, Wiengarten, Fan, Humphreys, & Lo, 2018) and connect them to the topic of decent work in global supply chains.…”

Policy Recommendations for Supporting Supply Chains with Horizontal Actions

“…Given the rapidly changing geopolitical and regulatory environments that influence and sometimes disrupt SCM around the world, the policy area represents a rich opportunity for study, offering the potential for contributions that can affect practice in different ways than conventional SCM research. Research should seek to understand and investigate the unique SCM and public policy characteristics, explore comparative studies across countries, and/or identify more generalizable timely solutions at the intersection of SCM and public policy (Fugate et al 2019).…”