2017/03/15 by Timm Schorsch, Carl Marcus Wallenburg, Andreas Wieland · 1 citation
Business, Management and Accounting · Psychology · Engineering · #Quality and Supply Management #Sustainable Supply Chain Management #Supply Chain Resilience and Risk Management #Originality #Field (mathematics) #Supply chain management #Supply chain #Management science #Value (mathematics) #Computer science #Process management #Systematic review #Risk analysis (engineering) #Knowledge management #Business #Marketing #Psychology #Engineering #Political science
paper · doi:10.1108/ijpdlm-10-2015-0268
openalex publication_date 2017/03/15 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/29
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to advance supply chain management by describing the current state of behavioral supply chain management (BSCM) research and paving the way for future contributions by developing a meta-theory for this important field. Design/methodology/approach The results are generated by applying the systematic literature review methodology and an iterative theory-building approach involving a panel of academics. Findings This review provides a comprehensive overview of the BSCM research landscape. Additionally, a meta-theory of BSCM is presented that encompasses all central elements of the research field and introduces the concept of emergence to the field of BSCM. Furthermore, five promising future research opportunities are formulated. Research limitations/implications The critical discussions and the formulated research opportunities will help scholars in positioning their research to enhance its contribution. Practical implications Results from this research indicate that supply chain decisions benefit from explicit consideration for cognitive and social phenomena. Originality/value This review is the first to provide a comprehensive overview of the field of BSCM research and facilitates BSCM in advancing further.