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The importance of key supplier relationship management in supply chains (2016)
Journal Article
Teller, C., Kotzab, H., Grant, D. B., & Holweg, C. (2016). The importance of key supplier relationship management in supply chains. International journal of retail & distribution management, 44(2), 109-123. https://doi.org/10.1108/ijrdm-05-2015-0072

Purpose: This paper investigates the impact of key supplier relationship management (KSRM) – understood as an aggregated supply chain management (SCM) process in the upstream direction – on the overall level of the execution of SCM within organizatio... Read More about The importance of key supplier relationship management in supply chains.

Does B2C online logistics service quality impact urban logistics? (2015)
Journal Article
Grant, D. B., & Philipp, B. (2015). Does B2C online logistics service quality impact urban logistics?. Logistique & management, 23(2), 45-54. https://doi.org/10.1080/12507970.2015.11673823

This paper reports on an in-progress research study regarding the impact of business to consumer (B2C) online logistics service quality (OLSQ) for shopper satisfaction and loyalty on urban logistics across the UK, France and Germany to also investiga... Read More about Does B2C online logistics service quality impact urban logistics?.

The implementation of supply chain management theory in practice: An empirical investigation (2015)
Journal Article
Sweeney, E., Grant, D. B., & Mangan, D. J. (2015). The implementation of supply chain management theory in practice: An empirical investigation. Supply chain management, 20(1), 56-70. https://doi.org/10.1108/SCM-07-2014-0249

Purpose – The purpose of the research described in this paper is to disentangle the rhetoric from the reality in relation to supply chain management (SCM) adoption in practice. There is significant evidence of a divergence between theory and practice... Read More about The implementation of supply chain management theory in practice: An empirical investigation.

Logistics and supply chain education and jobs: A study of UK markets (2014)
Journal Article
Wong, C. Y., Grant, D. B., Allan, B., & Jasiuvian, I. (2014). Logistics and supply chain education and jobs: A study of UK markets. The international journal of logistics management, 25(3), 537-552. https://doi.org/10.1108/ijlm-01-2013-0003

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the curriculum design of logistics and supply chain management (LSCM) undergraduate courses offered by selected UK higher education (HE) institutions and compares them with employers’ job requirements... Read More about Logistics and supply chain education and jobs: A study of UK markets.

Supply chain management resources, capabilities and execution (2014)
Journal Article
Kotzab, H., Teller, C., Grant, D. B., & Friis, A. (2015). Supply chain management resources, capabilities and execution. Production planning & control, 26(7), 525-542. https://doi.org/10.1080/09537287.2014.927932

This paper identifies inter- and intra-organisational management resources that determine the level of execution of inter-firm alliance supply chain management (SCM). By drawing on network and resource-based view theories, a con- ceptual model propos... Read More about Supply chain management resources, capabilities and execution.

Investigating brand equity of third-party service providers (2014)
Journal Article
Grant, D., Juntunen, J., Juga, J., & Juntunen, M. (2014). Investigating brand equity of third-party service providers. The journal of services marketing, 28(3), 214-222. https://doi.org/10.1108/jsm-06-2012-0104

Purpose: This research applies theory and techniques from the services and marketing literature to a supply chain context consisting of a shipper or seller, a customer or buyer, and a third-party logistics service provider (3PL) to investigate corpor... Read More about Investigating brand equity of third-party service providers.

On shelf availability in UK retailing (2014)
Book Chapter
Fernie, J., & Grant, D. (2014). On shelf availability in UK retailing. In J. Fernie, & L. Sparks (Eds.), Logistics and retail management: Emerging issues and new challenges in the retail supply chain (179-204). (4th). London: Kogan Page

User acceptance and corporate intranet quality: An evaluation with iQual (2012)
Journal Article
Barnes, S. J., & Vidgen, R. (2012). User acceptance and corporate intranet quality: An evaluation with iQual. Information and Management, 49(3-4), 164-170. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.im.2012.02.002

We developed a model for intranet quality and acceptance; it was applied to data collected by the sales and marketing division of an international manufacturing company obtained via a Web survey (n = 131) and tested using partial least squares path m... Read More about User acceptance and corporate intranet quality: An evaluation with iQual.

The scholarly influence of Heinz Klein: Ideational and social measures of his impact on IS research and IS scholars (2011)
Journal Article
Truex, D., Cuellar, M., Takeda, H., & Vidgen, R. (2011). The scholarly influence of Heinz Klein: Ideational and social measures of his impact on IS research and IS scholars. European Journal of Information Systems, 20(4), 422-439. https://doi.org/10.1057/ejis.2011.16

Heinz Klein was a fine scholar and mentor whose work and life have inspired us to explore the notion of scholarly influence which we cast as ideational and social influence. We adopt a portfolio of measures approach, using the Hirsch family of statis... Read More about The scholarly influence of Heinz Klein: Ideational and social measures of his impact on IS research and IS scholars.

Antecedents for the adoption and execution of supply chain management (2011)
Journal Article
Kotzab, H., Teller, C., Grant, D. B., & Sparks, L. (2011). Antecedents for the adoption and execution of supply chain management. Supply chain management, 16(4), 231-245. https://doi.org/10.1108/13598541111139053

Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to develop a conceptual model that includes drivers of supply chain management (SCM) adoption and execution identified in the literature, provide a set of measurement scales that operationalise constructs within... Read More about Antecedents for the adoption and execution of supply chain management.

Long-range transport: Speeding up the cash-to-cash cycle (2010)
Journal Article
Holter, A. R., Grant, D. B., Ritchie, J. M., Shaw, W. N., & Towers, N. S. (2010). Long-range transport: Speeding up the cash-to-cash cycle. International Journal of Logistics Research and Applications, 13(5), 339-347. https://doi.org/10.1080/13675567.2010.518563

This paper introduces a model to reduce combined transport and cash flow costs for long-range transport. Containerised transport has become increasingly important in global supply chains. However, products in transit tie up substantial capital, as tr... Read More about Long-range transport: Speeding up the cash-to-cash cycle.

Sources of competitiveness for logistics service providers: a UK industry perspective (2010)
Journal Article
Liu, X., McKinnon, A. C., Grant, D. B., & Feng, Y. (2010). Sources of competitiveness for logistics service providers: a UK industry perspective. Logistics Research, 2(1), 23-32. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12159-010-0024-7

This paper empirically examines perceptions on the sources of competitiveness for logistics service providers (LSPs) drawing on two influential theories of strategic management, Porter’s competitive advantage theory and the resource-based view (RBV).... Read More about Sources of competitiveness for logistics service providers: a UK industry perspective.

Purchasing behaviour in an online supermarket: The applicability of E-S-QUAL (2010)
Journal Article
Vidgen, R., Marimon, F., Barnes, S., & Cristóbal, E. (2010). Purchasing behaviour in an online supermarket: The applicability of E-S-QUAL. International journal of market research : the journal of the Market Research Society / MRS, 52(1), 111-129. https://doi.org/10.2501/S1470785310201089

The purpose of this paper is twofold: first, to assess the applicability of the four dimensions of online service quality, as proposed in the E-S-QUAL scale, to the setting of an online supermarket; and, second, to propose and test a model that links... Read More about Purchasing behaviour in an online supermarket: The applicability of E-S-QUAL.

Coevolving systems and the organization of agile software development (2009)
Journal Article
Vidgen, R., & Wang, X. (2009). Coevolving systems and the organization of agile software development. Information Systems Research, 20(3), 355-376. https://doi.org/10.1287/isre.1090.0237

Despite the popularity of agile methods in software development and increasing adoption by organizations there is debate about what agility is and how it is achieved. The debate suffers from a lack of understanding of agile concepts and how agile sof... Read More about Coevolving systems and the organization of agile software development.

Web-based surveys in logistics research: An empirical application (2005)
Book Chapter
Teller, C., Teller, W., & Grant, D. B. (2005). Web-based surveys in logistics research: An empirical application. In H. Kotzab, S. Seuring, M. Müller, & G. Reiner (Eds.), Research Methodologies in Supply Chain Management: In Collaboration with Magnus Westhaus (139-154). Physica-Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-7908-1636-1_10

The use of surveys continues to lead logistics and supply chain management research. We discuss the use of Internet or Web-based surveys as an alternative to traditional survey methods in the context of a Web-based empirical study to identify advanta... Read More about Web-based surveys in logistics research: An empirical application.