Uma análise bibliométrica da literatura internacional sobre colaboração na cadeia de suprimentos

Márcia Lucas De Oliveira,Jane Lucia S Santos,Grace Vieira Becker,Peter Bent Hansen

doi:10.4013/base.2016.131.03

Abstract

Collaboration has been recognized as an important strategy for supply chain management success. However, previous studies suggest that this issue is little understood and explored, in terms of identifying and organizing the content already developed, as well as in providing reflections and alternatives for its appropriation in the organizational environment. This work sheds light on these issues and aims at systematically mapping the international scientific production on collaboration in supply chain. Bibliometric methods were used by means of structured mapping and systematic analysis of publications found on the Web of Science – Social Sciences Citation Index (WoS-SSCI) database up to 2014. As a result, 173 were retrieved, which were published in 68 journals and written by 380 authors associated with 226 institutions of 32 countries. The bibliometric analysis allowed us to identify the journals that stand out because of the high count of citations and number of articles, which could be used as reference for future studies in this area; among them is the Supply Chain Management an International Journal. From the systematic analysis of highly cited papers and recent papers, we observed a predominance of quantitative studies using surveys and some using structural equation modeling. Based on the paper analysis, we identified some gaps and opportunities for future research. It thus follows that collaboration within the supply chains context is a relevant matter with increasing academic interest, which needs to be further studied for theoretical development and practical implications. Keywords: collaboration, supply chain, bibliometric study.

Highlights

There is a significant relation between collaboration in supply chain (SC) and the level and form of investment in environmental technologies
The increase in collaboration was significantly related with a major global investment in environmental programs
A deeper analysis on the effect of moderation of the company dimension reveals that collaborative advantage is the mediator of the relation between the SC collaboration and the organizational performance in small companies, while it acts a partial mediator in those relations with medium-sized and big companies

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Introduction

Over time the studies on supply chain (SC) have focused mainly on its implementation and management (Fisher et al, 1997; Lambert and Cooper, 2000, Christopher, 2000; Lee, 2002), collaboration between the players of these chains has been identified as a relevant study matter, which can help broaden the understanding of this research field (Hudnurkar et al, 2014).A major concern in SC management is to determine how to coordinate different independent players so that they can work together as a unit towards a common goal (MontoyaTorres and Ortiz-Vargas, 2014). Over time the studies on supply chain (SC) have focused mainly on its implementation and management (Fisher et al, 1997; Lambert and Cooper, 2000, Christopher, 2000; Lee, 2002), collaboration between the players of these chains has been identified as a relevant study matter, which can help broaden the understanding of this research field (Hudnurkar et al, 2014). It is widely believed that few companies have really understood and leveraged its potential (Min et al, 2005; Fawcett et al, 2012), and that scientific production on the matter is limited in providing concepts that explain aspects of collaboration in the SC (Hudnurkar et al, 2014; Kumar and Banerjee, 2014). Collaboration is a very broad and generic term, and when used in the context of SC, it needs to be clarified (Barratt, 2004)

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