A theoretical model on how firms can leverage political resources to align with supply chain strategy for competitive advantage

How CIOs Can Align IT Capabilities for Supply Chain Relationships

Creating Competitive Advantage Through the Supply Chain: Insights on India

A possibilistic bi-objective model for a competitive supply chain network design under variable coverage

In this paper, the strategic planning of a supply chain under a static chain-to-chain competition on the plane is addressed. It is assumed that each retailer has a coverage area called the radius of influence. The demand of each demand zone is divided equally between the retailers which can cover that market. However, the demand of distant customers who are not in the retailers’ radius of influ...

The Art of Asking the Tiger for Its Skin: How It Entrepreneurial Firms Leverage Political Institutional Resources in Emerging Economies

In emerging economies, political institutions (i.e., government and its agencies), act as a major force in defining and mobilizing resources. IT entrepreneurial firms endeavor to obtain resources from political institutions, named as political institutional resources (PIRs), to overcome insurmountable handicap of resource deficiency. However, how PIRs matter remains unclear. Acknowledging this ...

How to Leverage Manufacturing Best Practices to Create Competitive Advantage in Distribution Centers

Overall, manufacturers have benefited from being the focal point of value creation (materials, labor, etc. required to produce a product), as their role in the process represents the largest percentage of cost within the supply chain. This status has helped manufacturers propel the development and standardization of process improvement tools and techniques, such as Value Stream Mapping, 5S, And...