Inter-Organizational Supply Chain Interaction for Sustainability: A Systematic Literature Review

Abstract

Research on inter-organizational supply chain interaction (IOSCI) for sustainability can be described as fast-growing and fragmented. It is uncertain to what extent logistics and supply chain management (SCM) literature has been able to close research gaps regarding e.g., empirical scope and sustainability dimensions addressed. A systematic literature review (SLR) is carried out to synthesize the existing knowledge and ongoing trends, and to propose a research agenda. The trend analysis shows that the gap between the environmental and social dimension is increasing, that Asian studies grow nearly exponentially, and that the focal firm perspective gains more ground. The research agenda calls for participatory studies of multiple actors and for studies addressing, e.g., the invisible logistics service providers. This study provides an important complement to existing literature reviews on sustainable supply chain interaction, primarily by its focus on the development over time, the empirical scope, the focus on publications in logistics/SCM journals, and its narrow focus on the interaction among firms in supply chains.

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Dynamic Performance Management: An Approach for Managing the Common Goods

“…The research project was based on a systematic literature review, differing from the traditional narrative literature review in that it involves a more explicit selection process for documents [56,57], allowing critical appraisal of the relevant primary research in order to highlight the literature review on dynamic performance management in the public context.…”

“…To identify a field/sub-field of study we made informal consultations with academics working in the field, practitioners working in the field and information scientists [56,57]. The keywords identified during the consultations included "public", "system dynamics" and "dynamic performance management".…”

“…In stage two, we examined the peer-reviewed literature available on Scopus and Web of Science because the Scopus database has the best coverage in the field and Web of Science has the best complementary database [57]. The search included papers published from 1976 (date of the first published paper) to 2019 (10 January).…”