Journal of Supply Chain Management STF on Service Supply Chains

The Journal of Supply Chain Management is inviting submissions for Special Topic Forum (STF) on Service Supply Chains.

The Journal is calling on papers that provide new theoretical and empirical insights into service supply chains and the supply of services between organisations.

There is a particular interest in work exploring the phenomena beyond the simple buyer-supplier dyad, into networks and chains involving more than two organizations. The Journal is not interested in studies centred on the provision of goods in service sectors, e.g. the supply of pharmaceuticals in the healthcare sector, but in settings focused on the provision of services between organisations – which might, indeed, be in what would routinely be classified as manufacturing sectors.

Submissions must set out their theoretical assumptions, particularly regarding the definition of services.

Contributions may draw on theory from outside of operations and supply, but must make a clear contribution to supply chain management theory development. Submissions may be conceptual or empirical. Empirical studies may be based on case study, survey, secondary data or sources of empirical data.

Examples of suitable topics include:
• Supply chain implications of customers’ role in service
• Supply-chain effects of novel services arrangements such as ‘servitization’ and offshoring
• Innovation in contracting approaches such as performance-based contracting
• Inter-firm networks in knowledge-intensive services
• Risk and flexibility in service supply chains
• Capacity, quality, and process coordination in extended service supply chains

The deadline for submissions is August 31, 2011.

Manuscripts must conform to JSCM style guidelines and submission requirements. Early submissions are welcome and the review process will be initiated when papers are received. Manuscripts should be submitted electronically via the Journal’s online submission platform (http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/jscm).

Please note in the cover letter that the submission is for the Special Topic Forum on Service Supply Chains. Questions can be addressed to either of the guest editors: Martin Spring (m.spring@lancaster.ac.uk) Scott Sampson (ses3-jscm@sm.byu.edu)

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