Open supply chain innovation: an extended view on supply chain collaboration

Solaimani, Sam; Veen, Jack van der

doi:10.1108/scm-09-2020-0433

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“…Fifthly, the non-digital entrepreneurs appear to need collaborative skills to learn from suppliers, engage them in product development, negotiate favourable terms and conditions, volumes and prices, and suchlike, which seems to be another required competency. Whilst attention for supply chain collaboration within large enterprises is growing (Solaimani et al, 2015;Solaimani and van der Veen, 2021), entrepreneurs' collective action and collaborative effort with supply chain partners is not explicitly discussed in the LS literature. From an effectuation perspective; however, means and affordable losses are dynamic concepts determined by the entrepreneurs' ability to co-create with (and coordinate) the alliance network (Murdock and Varnes, 2018).…”

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“…Whilst attention for supply chain collaboration within large enterprises is growing (Solaimani et al. , 2015; Solaimani and van der Veen, 2021), entrepreneurs' collective action and collaborative effort with supply chain partners is not explicitly discussed in the LS literature. From an effectuation perspective; however, means and affordable losses are dynamic concepts determined by the entrepreneurs' ability to co-create with (and coordinate) the alliance network (Murdock and Varnes, 2018).…”

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An exploration of the applicability of Lean Startup in small non-digital firms: an effectuation perspective

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Eck²,

Kievit³

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PurposeLean Startup (LS) has gained considerable traction in the startup scene, especially within digital firms where the concept finds the concept's genesis. However, there are more and more calls in the entrepreneurship literature to study LS's application beyond the digital context. The purpose of this study is to explore the applicability of LS within the largely under-researched context of non-digital entrepreneurs. To structure the authors' understanding of the participating entrepreneurs' cognitive and behavioural logic, effectuation theory is applied.Design/methodology/approachTo explore how LS is applied in non-digital settings, this study analyses the LS approach of 15 Dutch brick-and-mortar and click-and-mortar Small to Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) and startups.FindingsThis study provides empirical evidence that non-digital entrepreneurs pursue an effectual logic in their LS approach. However, the entrepreneurs' LS approach appeared to be contextualised to the non-digital contexts' inherent constraints and trade-offs. Such contextualisation calls for a particular set of skills and competencies, including applying mixed-methods cross-validation, affinity and passion for craftsmanship and aesthetics, inferring from limited, qualitative, and often skewed data, establishing an empathetic collaborative relationship with customers and suppliers, and leveraging prior market knowledge and experience.Originality/valueThis study advances the current understanding of the LS applicability and gives a more nuanced account of how LS is practised in the context of non-digital firms, the challenges entrepreneurs involved in non-digital firms need to overcome, and the skills and competencies they need to possess. In practical terms, the findings help non-digital entrepreneurs and coaches to be more heedful of the contextual peculiarities when employing LS.

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An exploration of the applicability of Lean Startup in small non-digital firms: an effectuation perspective

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Eck²,

Kievit³

et al. 2022

IJEBR

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“…From a supply chain perspective, OI ecosystems require reaching out and engaging with several actors, including suppliers, customers, governments, industry associations and even competitors (Solaimani and van der Veen, 2021). This helps create a bigger space to search for and access knowledge (Ardito et al , 2018), supporting formation and development of original ideas that may lead to a successful product or service design, development and launch (Mitrega et al , 2017; Najafi-Tavani et al , 2018; Wang and Hu, 2020).…”

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Managing triadic supplier relationships in collaborative innovation projects: a relational view perspective

Patrucco

Harland

Luzzini

et al. 2022

SCM

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Purpose Suppliers are essential partners in innovation projects, as they own resources, knowledge assets and capabilities that complement those of buying firms. In today’s competitive environment, firms may choose to collaborate with suppliers beyond dyads, forming triadic or three-party relationships. Using the theoretical lens of the relational view (RV), this study aims to explore what type of triad configurations firms use to govern supplier relationships in collaborative innovation projects, how they choose to share resources and implications for project performance. Design/methodology/approach The authors use interview data from buyers and suppliers in six case studies of firms involved in ten collaborative innovation projects. The four constructs of the RV are used to observe how firms govern triadic relationships, combine complementary resources, invest in relationship-specific assets and manage information and knowledge exchange with and between suppliers in innovation projects. Findings Four archetypes of triadic relationships in innovation projects – labeled Triangle, A-frame, D-Frame and Line – are presented and characterized in terms of their structural and relational features. The authors discuss how each triad archetype is applicable to different innovation projects according to specific project characteristics. Originality/value This study is pioneering in its empirical examination of triadic relationships in collaborative innovation projects. It provides a novel typology of four archetypes of triad from the perspective of collaborative relationships with suppliers. Through applying the RV, it advances understanding of how triadic relationships are governed, how they invest in relationship-specific assets, how they combine complementary resources and how they exchange knowledge and information in each type of triad appropriate to different innovation project settings. To date, much of the extant literature has focused on dyads.

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“…Although challenging from a data collection and data reliability viewpoint, shifting the level of analysis from a multi-machine to a broader multi-factory view, or even to the supply chain network, is another research direction that helps to achieve a more accurate understanding of the sustainability impact [50,[62][63][64]. In this regard, the collaboration between supply chain actors can act as a catalyst to promote innovative production strategies and a combination of production approaches favouring sustainability [65,66]. Moreover, a more detailed understanding of the sustainability footprint of hybrid manufacturing workflows (i.e., combining additive and subtractive techniques) is an interesting research direction [67].…”

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A Holistic View on Sustainability in Additive and Subtractive Manufacturing: A Comparative Empirical Study of Eyewear Production Systems

2021

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To achieve sustainability across the product life cycle, attention to the production process is a prerequisite. As a result of technological advancements, innovation and inventions in production methods are in full swing. Production methods that enable mass customisation (MC) are one of the recent developments in the production domain. This study aims to empirically explore the sustainability impact of two MC-oriented production methods, namely, additive manufacturing (i.e., Selective Laser Sintering) and subtractive manufacturing (Computer Numerical Control Milling) within two complete production lines (i.e., from raw material to assembly) for a wearable product. In the context of the triple bottom line framework, the production lines are analysed from an economic, environmental, and social standpoint. A Discrete-Event Simulation (DES) is used to quantify and compare both production systems with their inherent variability in a dynamic setting of fluctuating order volume and diversity. The findings of the simulation are qualitatively evaluated using expert interviews. This study provides a detailed insight into several sustainability trade-offs in production systems where additive and subtractive manufacturing are involved.

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Open supply chain innovation: an extended view on supply chain collaboration

Cited by 49 publications

References 110 publications

An exploration of the applicability of Lean Startup in small non-digital firms: an effectuation perspective

An exploration of the applicability of Lean Startup in small non-digital firms: an effectuation perspective

Managing triadic supplier relationships in collaborative innovation projects: a relational view perspective

A Holistic View on Sustainability in Additive and Subtractive Manufacturing: A Comparative Empirical Study of Eyewear Production Systems

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