Mapping Research on Logistics and Supply Chain Coordination, Cooperation and Collaboration

Kotzab, Herbert; Darkow, Inga‐Lena; Bäumler, Ilja; Georgi, Christoph; Luttermann, Sandra

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-74225-0_2

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“…The positive boundary-spanning effects through information, trust and communication cannot be exploited without integration of processes within the entire SC (Ballou, 2007; Fawcett and Magnan, 2002). Successful management of SCs depends on the level of integration amongst SC actors ranging from harmonization of business activities (=coordination), working together as equal partners (=cooperation) to acting as a single entity (=collaboration) (Kotzab et al , 2018).…”

Section: What Is Supply Chain Integration?mentioning

confidence: 99%

The big picture on supply chain integration – insights from a bibliometric analysis

Kotzab

Bäumler

Gerken

2021

SCM

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Purpose Integration is a key element of supply chain management (SCM) and a lot of research has been executed within the field of supply chain integration (SCI). The purpose of this paper is to particularly identify the intellectual research front and foundation of SCI and how they developed over time. Design/methodology/approach The authors examined more than 1,700 peer-reviewed academic papers that were published between 1995 and 2019 in nearly 40 relevant peer-reviewed academic journals (all indexed in Web of Science). The authors analysed the structure of more than 55,000 individual references with the R-package bibliometrix and used VOSviewer for visualization. Findings The SCI research front is characterized by papers that show the effects of SCI on the firm performance, the consequences of SCI on SCM in general and present the enablers of SCI. The research front is embedded within the resource-based, transaction cost and contingency theory. The intellectual foundation refers to conceptual modelling, definitional clarification and integration dimensions. The research identifies Frohlich and Westbrook’s (2001) paper as the central reference for this research area. The dynamic evolution of the intellectual foundation of SCI changed from theorising in Phase 1 (1995–2006) towards empirical testing in Phase 2 (2007–2019). Research limitations/implications The results refer to the SCI discussion within a preselected number of peer-reviewed academic journals and to the data quality as provided by the Web of Science. Originality/value The study explored the research front and intellectual foundation of SCI. It reveals the most important papers and journals of this area by using bibliometric tools such as bibliometrix, biblioshiny and VOSviewer. The paper shows trends in research themes, theories and methodological developments.

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Section: What Is Supply Chain Integration?mentioning

confidence: 99%