OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of International Journal of Operations & Production Management is 18. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01.)

Article	Citations
Impact pathways: managing relational risk in project operations	133
Unfolding the resource configuration and interaction in digital servitization: an exploratory two-stage research design	123
The influence of institutional logics on vaccine development, production and distribution in Africa	108
How leadership for Quality 4.0 affects thriving at work: a multilevel study from the identification perspective	104
The effects of performance measurement system uses on organizational ambidexterity and firm performance	93
The impact of monetary incentives and regulatory focus on worker productivity and learning in order picking	92
Swimming against the tide: supplier bridging roles in diffusing sustainability upstream and downstream in supply networks	89
Project managers' reactions to project disruption: sponsor actions versus environmental uncertainty	76
The paradox of supplier development in technology-based luxury supply chains	75
How does supply chain transparency influence idiosyncratic risk in newly public firms: the moderating role of firm digitalization	74
Is supplier involvement always beneficial for financial performance? The roles of ambidextrous innovations and product smartness	73
Tuning value chains for better signals in the post-COVID era: vaccine supply chain concerns	73
Making agency theory work for supply chain relationships: a systematic review across four disciplines	71
Are common directors guilty of corporate fraud contagion from the customer side?	70
Is it good to have a choice? The value of participatory order assignments in warehousing	68
Digital integration capability asymmetry and buyer product innovation: the contingent roles of environmental dynamism and innovative climate	64
Asymmetric investments in exchange relationships, perceived supplier shirking and cross-functional information sharing as a moderator	63
When servitized manufacturers globalise: becoming a provider of global services	61
Servitization in cross-border relationships: investigating the effects of global supply chain dependence on the servitization level of the manufacturers	61
Interplay between servitization and platforms: a longitudinal case study	57
Towards an understanding of illegal supply chain design in conflict areas: the case of the grain supply chain in Ukraine	55
How performance measurement systems enable or hinder organizational ambidexterity	52
(Un)Learning sustainability practices in a multi-tiered supply chain: an interpretive study	51
Panarchy-based transformative supply chain resilience: the role of supply chain capital	51
Do more concentrated supplier portfolios benefit firm innovation? The moderating roles of financial slack and growth opportunities	51

From supply chain learning to the learning supply chain: drivers, processes, complexity, trade-offs and challenges	50
Panarchy theory: myth or reality? Empirical evidence of the socio-ecological nature of supply chains	50
Reconciling and reconceptualising servitization research: drawing on modularity, platforms, ecosystems, risk and governance to develop mid-range theory	49
Explaining the servitization paradox: a configurational theory and a performance measurement framework	47
Addressing supplier sustainability misconducts: response strategies to nonmarket stakeholder contentions	47
Contingency role of a Supplier's operational efficiency in the customer relationship – performance links	46
How does reverse factoring affect operating performance? An event study of Chinese manufacturing firms	42
Performance improvements in logistics outsourcing relationships: the role of LSP and customer organizational culture archetypes	41
Achieving resilient supply chains: managing temporary healthcare supply chains during a geopolitical disruption	38
Elastic manufacturing: provisioning and deprovisioning production capacity to vary product volume and mix	38
Substitution and complementarity dynamics in configurations of sustainable management practices	38
Unpacking patient engagement in remote consultation	36
Improving group problem solving through awareness of members’ problem-solving preferences	36
Fostering firms' ability to cascade sustainability through multi-tier supply chains: an investigation of power sources	35
Omni-channel integration: the matter of information and digital technology	35
The impact of corporate support programs on environmental and social innovation: empirical insights from the food and beverage industry	35
Navigating sociopolitical waters: exploring the influence of key factors on global supply base concentration	35
Beyond the new normal for sustainability: transformative operations and supply chain management for negative emissions	33
The impact of supply chain strategy on supply chain transparency over the firm lifecycle: evidence from China	33
The role of employees' participation and managers' authority on continuous improvement and performance	33
Does organizational readiness matter in lean thinking practices? An agency perspective	31
Organizing for permanent beta: performance measurement before vs performance monitoring after release of digital services	31
Resilient supply management systems in times of crisis	31
Sustainable innovations for humanitarian operations in refugee camps	31
Linking competitive priorities, smart manufacturing advancement and organizational microfoundations	30
The relational focus of small and medium sized actors' understandings of supply chain finance (SCF)	30
Effects of supply chain quality event announcements on stock market reaction: an empirical study from China	30
The mitigating role of blockchain-enabled supply chains during the COVID-19 pandemic	29
Actions speak louder than words? The impact of subjective norms in the supply chain on green innovation	29
Developing a learning-to-learn capability: insights on conditions for Industry 4.0 adoption	28
Exploring the application of blockchain to humanitarian supply chains: insights from Humanitarian Supply Blockchain pilot project	28
Theorising worker voice for supply chain justice – communication, representation and recognition	28
The effect of SMEs' ambidextrous innovations on supply chain financing performance: balancing effect and moderating effect	28
The impact of supply chain transparency on financing offerings to firms: the moderating role of supply chain concentration	28
Unveiling the impact of the congruence between artificial intelligence and explorative learning on supply chain resilience	28
Dynamic openness for network-enabled product and process innovation: a panel-data analysis	28
A lifecycle analysis of complex public procurement: an agency-institutional theory perspective	27
Unlocking supply chain agility and supply chain performance through the development of intangible supply chain analytical capabilities	27
Inventory and financial performance in the pharmaceutical industry: what transpired over the last two decades?	27
The effect of production system characteristics on resilience capabilities: a multiple case study	27
Intuitive global sourcing – a study of supplier selection decisions by apparel SMEs	27
Deriving efficiency from the major customer network: the role of network connectedness and centeredness	26
Finding the right one: understanding the supplier selection process of social enterprises	26
Why project managers’ knowledge hiding is harmful to NPD projects: resilient team resource caravans as an explanatory mechanism	25
Follow the leader (or not): the influence of superstars on crowd size in crowdsourcing contests	25
Toward a moral approach to stakeholder management: insights from the inclusion of marginalized stakeholders in the operations of social enterprises	25
The effects of tie strength and data integration with supply base on supply disruption ambiguity and its impact on inventory turnover	24
Understanding the influence of servitization on global value chains: a conceptual framework	24
Supplier selection at the base of the chain: navigating competing institutional logics for shared mutual value	24
Social enterprises in supply chains: driving systemic change through social impact	24

Let's talk about it: the impact of nurses' implicit voice theories on individual agility and quality of care	24
The bright side of being uncertain: the impact of economic policy uncertainty on corporate innovation	24
Kaizen event process quality: towards a phase-based understanding of high-quality group problem-solving	24
Geopolitical disruptions and supply chain structural ambidexterity	23
Operations in the upper echelons: leading sustainability through stewardship	23
The interplay of integration, flexibility and coordination: a dynamic capability view to responding environmental uncertainty	23
Cracking the code: the effects of codes of conduct and decision frames on supplier selection in financially distressed firms	23
Toward a common humanitarian supply chain process model: the Frontline Humanitarian Logistics Initiative	23
Bridging sustainability knowledge management and supply chain learning: evidence through buyer selection	22
Making supply chains great again: examining structural changes to US manufacturing supply chains	22
How boundary spanners'guanximatters: managing supply chain dependence in China	22
Integrating distribution, sales and services in manufacturing: a comparative case study	22
Guest editorial: Supply chain transparency: opportunities, challenges and risks	21
Do ride-hailing drivers' psychological behaviors influence operational performance?	21
Big textual data research for operations management: topic modelling with grounded theory	21
The impact of corporate social responsibility decoupling on financial performance: the role of customer structure and operational slack	21
Developing and validating e-marketplace service quality model in B2G e-commerce settings: a mixed-methods approach	21
The impact of normative institutions on socially sustainable supply chain management: the role of individual cultural values	21
Buyer–supplier TMT background misalignment and green innovation performance: the moderating roles of TMT tenure and incentives	20
Social media analytics and product innovation: mediating effects of knowledge exploration and exploitation competences	20
The role of supply chain diversification in mitigating the negative effects of supply chain disruptions in COVID-19	19
Financial performance of firms with supply chains during the COVID-19 pandemic: the roles of dynamic capability and supply chain resilience	19
Beyond efficiency: the role of lean practices and cultures in developing dynamic capabilities microfoundations	19
Enhancing sustainable supply chain management performance through alliance portfolio diversity: the mediating effect of sustainability collaboration	19
Leveraging the circular economy with a closed-loop supply chain and a reverse omnichannel using blockchain technology and incentives	18
Direct and mediation effect of supply chain complexity drivers on supply chain performance: an empirical evidence of organizational complexity theory	18
Sustainability of transport and logistics companies: an empirical evidence from a developing country	18
How do governmental wage subsidies enhance SME resilience in the COVID-19 pandemic?	18
Partners' knowledge utilization and exploratory innovation: the moderating effect of competitive and collaborative relationships	18
A complexity management approach to servitization: the role of digital platforms	18
Unleashing the power of supply chain learning: an empirical investigation	18
Public procurement as an attractive customer: a supplier perspective	18
The “dark side” of Industry 4.0: How can technology be made more sustainable?	18