Special Topic Forum on Power in Supply Chain Management

• Date: 01 October 2015
• Published date: 01 October 2015
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.1111/jscm.12094

Power can be def ined as the abilit y to influenc e others’

behavior or the cou rse of events. The role and nat ure

of power in supply cha ins is evolvi ng because f irms

are increa singly embedded i n complex, globa lly dispers ed

supplier network s. With supply ch ains spann ing multiple

tiers and buye rs and supplier s often shar ing multi-face ted

relationships, t he question arise s as to how individual f irms

wield power, how control of the s upply chain is gained , how

profits are di stributed, a nd what consequence s the use of

power has on the supply c hain ecosystem.

We invite papers for t he Special Topic Forum on Powe r in

Supply Chain Ma nagement that c hallenge a nd advance

our underst anding of power in mode rn supply cha ins.

Papers may be eit her conceptua l or empirica l in nature

and pursue eit her theor y-building or t heory-tes ting. In

terms of empir ical met hodology, papers may be ba sed

on various tec hniques (e.g., su rvey, arch ival resea rch,

laboratory st udies). Paper s focused on conce ptual theor y

building are welcome to o.

Appropriate theore tical p erspec tives i nclude but are not lim-

ited to Power-Dependence T heory, Resource -Dependence

Theory, Resou rce-based Theor y, the Relational Vie w, Social

Excha nge Theory, and Social Net work Theory. Papers that

integrate mult iple perspect ives, multiple levels of analysi s

(e.g., firm s within supply c hains, f unction s within f irms,

or individual s within f irms) and mu ltiple methodologie s

are especi ally encouraged.

Appropriate topics inc lude but are

not

limited to:

• Antecedents of power

– What are the sources of power in supply c hains?

– What role can net works, knowledge , and informa-

tion play?

– How do non-market st akeholders in fluence powe r

in supply chain s?

– W hat are the dy namics of power in supply chains ?

What are the dy namics of powe r within t he fir m

and how do they in fluence supply c hains? How

does power evolve over t ime?

• The use of power

– How do f irms use power to e xercise control in com-

plex supply chai ns?

– How do firms deal w ith high power asymme try in

the supply chai n?

– What role do the behavior of individu al decision

makers and t heir relationships play in f irms’ use of

power?

– What role do institut ions and cu ltural asp ects

play in the percept ion and use of power in suppl y

chains?

– What a re the eth ical persp ectives on t he use – and

abuse – of power in supply c hains?

• Outcomes of the use of power

– How do the existe nce and use of power in fluence

the effec tive fu nctioning of supply c hain relat ion-

ships, the per formance of the supply chai n and the

firms w ithin it, and other re levant outcomes?

PAPERS CA N BE SUBMITT ED BETWEE N DECEMBER 1 AND 31, 2015

Manuscr ipts must conform to

JSCM

style gu idelines and submission requi rements, and should be submitt ed electronical ly

via the

Journal ’s

online submission plat form (http ://mc.manuscriptcentra l.com/jscm). Please note in the cover le tter that

the submission is for t he Special Topic Forum on Power in Supply Cha in Management. Quest ions can be addressed to t he

Guest Editors : Felix Reimann (re imann@korea.ac.k r) or Dave Ketchen (ketchda @auburn.edu).

Special Topic Forum on

Power in Supply Chain Management

Guest Editors :

Felix Reimann (Korea University Business School) and

Dave Ketchen (Auburn University)