Caniato, F, Graham, G orcid.org/0000-0002-9908-4974, Roehrich, J.K et al. (1 more author) (2023) Impact pathways: a home for insights from relevant and impactful operations and supply chain management research. International Journal of Operations and Production Management, 43 (13). pp. 270-288. ISSN 0144-3577
Abstract
Purpose International Journal of Operations and Production Management (IJOPM)'s Impact Pathway (IP) section has been launched in 2020 to host short contributions grounded in current managerial practices and/or policy development, challenging established operations and supply chain management (OSCM) knowledge and highlighting innovative and relevant research directions. This commentary reflects on the achievements of the section, delineates the key features of IP papers and stimulates further development.
Design/methodology/approach This commentary provides a brief overview of the IJOPM's IP section, taking stock of the contributions that have been published so far, analysing their topics, methodologies, insights and impact.
Findings The 19 contributions published over the last three years have dealt with a variety of emerging topics, ranging from the COVID-19 response to additive manufacturing, leveraging on key evidence from managerial practice that challenges consolidated knowledge and theory, providing clear research directions as well as managerial and/or policy guidelines.
Originality/value The commentary reflects on the importance of phenomenon-driven research that seeks to bridge the gap between theory and practice, thus increasing the impact and reach of OSCM research. This is a call for contributions from scholars, business leaders and policymakers to develop further impact-oriented research.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2023, Federico Caniato, Gary Graham, Jens K. Roehrich and Ann Vereecke. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC-BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
Keywords: | Impact, Impact pathways, Research, Industry, Policy, Research agenda, Practice, Theory |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Business (Leeds) > Management Division (LUBS) (Leeds) > Logistics, Info, Ops and Networks (LION) (LUBS) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 20 Jul 2023 16:00 |
Last Modified: | 19 Sep 2023 11:19 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Emerald |
Identification Number: | 10.1108/IJOPM-03-2023-0163 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:200647 |