A structural approach to assessing postponement strategies: construct development and validation

Saghiri, Soroosh

doi:10.1080/00207543.2010.531774

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“…Saghiri (2011) has reviewed those variables and provided a detailed measurement instrument for postponement application level, which are briefly described below:…”

Section: Appendix 1: Measured Variables For the Postponement Researchmentioning

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Supplier flexibility and postponement implementation: An empirical analysis

Saghiri

Barnes

2016

International Journal of Production Economics

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“…Saghiri (2011) has reviewed those variables and provided a detailed measurement instrument for postponement application level, which are briefly described below:…”

Section: Appendix 1: Measured Variables For the Postponement Researchmentioning

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Supplier flexibility and postponement implementation: An empirical analysis

Saghiri

Barnes

2016

International Journal of Production Economics

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“…Therefore, all of the constructs are measured at the transaction level. Construct and scale development took place in four stages as articulated by Saghiri (2011). First, we defined the constructs and their measured variables by conducting an extensive literature review.…”

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Mitigating Shirking Contracting Performance in Buyer-Initiated Service Triads

Nullmeier¹,

Wynstra

Valk

2020

The Oxford Handbook of Supply Chain Management

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Buyers that operate in buyer-initiated service triads must deal with the repercussions of service suppliers failing to satisfy the buyer’s customer. Performance-based contracting (PBC) can be used to shift the risks associated with performance shortfalls to service suppliers. Attaining specified performance outcomes can, however, be highly uncertain in service triads where there are many factors outside the supplier’s control. In such situations of high outcome uncertainty, suppliers may be induced to shirk their responsibilities since the direct customer–supplier link inherent to triadic structures gives suppliers an opportunity to engage in shirking without being detected. According to established theory, PBC is less effective in such situations, and behavior-based contracting (BBC) is more effective in achieving performance outcomes that are satisfactory to buyers. However, these insights are based on the long-standing assumption that PBC and BBC are substitutes. This assumption has been criticized as not being representative of empirical reality. Therefore, this chapter studies whether combining these contracting approaches during the contract design and contract management phases mitigates shirking of responsibility by suppliers. Using a data set derived from a survey questionnaire, the chapter finds that combining PBC and BBC during the contract design phase does not reduce shirking. However, the results do reveal that responsibility shirking can be mitigated by combining PBC and BBC during the contract management phase. This study provides purchasing managers with new insights concerning how to use PBC to achieve satisfactory performance outcomes, even in uncertain contexts such as service triads.

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“…While it doesn't rate highest on centrality and density, the body of literature in this thematic cluster and its closeness in position to the upper left quadrant suggest it to be the most fully developed among all the themes. Specifically, the MSCF conceptualization and operationalization stream addresses several issues for the development and consolidation of the field, such as the conceptualization (Stevenson and Spring 2007;Reichart and Holweg 2007;Bernardes and Hanna 2009;Esmaeilikia et al 2016), operationalization (Saghiri, 2011;Moon et al 2012;Maestrini et al 2017) and research evolution (Seebacher and Winkler 2013;Tiwari et al 2015;Yu et al 2015) of manufacturing and supply chain flexibilities, individually, and in relation to each other. Other research lines raise more general questions about MSCF.…”

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