2020 journal article

Overcoming blind spots in global sourcing research: Exploiting the cross-sections between supply chain management and international business

JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL MANAGEMENT, 26(1).

co-author countries: Germany πŸ‡©πŸ‡ͺ Denmark πŸ‡©πŸ‡° United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ United States of America πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ
author keywords: Global sourcing; Global supply chains; International business; Supply chain management
Source: Web Of Science
Added: March 23, 2020

This article reviews existing work on global sourcing and suggests a number of new theoretical directions for research in this area. We discuss how international business (IB) and supply chain management (SCM) research can benefit from increased cross-fertilization of themes and perspectives. We begin by introducing a taxonomy of global sourcing research, building on relevant insights from SCM research. We then generate recommendations for potential future research on global sourcing, particularly highlighting antecedents, processes, performance and contextual variables. SCM research employs the entire supply chain as the primary unit of analysis (rather than the individual firm), while IB research focuses primarily on international aspects, adapting to institutional contexts in a globalized world. Building on this complementarity, several specific empirical directions are proposed for future research directions.