Supply chain networks in emerging markets
Special issue call for papers from Benchmarking
Call for papers deadline: 31st March 2010
Benchmarking: An International Journal
Guest Editors: Harri Lorentz, Yongjiang Shi, Olli-Pekka Hilmola and Jagjit Singh Srai
Globalisation and increasing international trade in manufactured products and components require supply chain networks to handle diverse environmental conditions. For firms from developed economies, emerging countries, such as Brazil, Russia, India and China (the so called ``BRICs'' economies), appear both as offshore-sourcing locations and as key centres of demand within their global supply operations. In many cases, emerging countries present supply chain challenges in terms of logistics, cost and reliability. As a result, Western multinational companies have redesigned and adapted their supply chain configurations in order to cope with local country characteristics.
This special issue concentrates on the management, implementation and adaptation of supply chain networks by companies from developed markets such as the EU or USA, in the context of their internationalisation processes in developing and emerging markets -- one important part of this process is of course benchmarking with rivals and other actors in these markets. The impact of host country/market characteristics on supply chain design and capability is a research area which would benefit from further analysis.
The special issue aims to shed light on:
(1) demand and supply context,
(2) country level environmental factors,
(3) potential consequences of internationalising the supply chain network in terms of related resources and capabilities,
(4) corrective approaches/measures taken to address the challenges, in emerging markets.
Further, the special issue seeks to address how to adapt and succeed in this demanding environment, and what constitutes long-term sustainable business performance.
Subject coverage
Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following, in the context of firms from developing economies internationalising to emerging countries:
- Supply chain strategy and implementation
- Supply network configuration
- Supply network adaptation
- Contextual constraints for operations and supply chain strategy
- Manufacturing models (e.g. contract manufacturing, ODM, OEM, fabless producers)
- Third-party logistics (3PL) service models
- Value drivers in new environments
- Intellectual property management, in and out licensing
- Benchmarking of supply chain networks of local companies.
Author guidelines
Submitted papers should not have been previously published nor be currently under consideration for publication elsewhere.
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Submission guidelines
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Important dates
Full paper due: 31 March 2010
Notification of acceptance: 30 June 2010
Final version of the paper due: 31 October 2010
Guest Editors
Harri Lorentz
Turku School of Economics, Finland
Yongjiang Shi
Institute for Manufacturing, University of Cambridge, UK
Olli-Pekka Hilmola
Lappeenranta University of Technology, Kouvola, Finland and University of SkÎvde, Sweden
Jagjit Singh Srai
Institute for Manufacturing, University of Cambridge, UK