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Overcoming blind spots in global sourcing research: Exploiting the cross-sections between supply chain management and international business

2019; Elsevier BV; Volume: 26; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/j.intman.2019.100709

1873-0620

Andreas Wieland, Lydia Bals, Michael J. Mol, Robert Handfield,

Sustainable Supply Chain Management

This article reviews existing work on global sourcing and suggests a number of new theoretical directions for research in this area. We discuss how international business (IB) and supply chain management (SCM) research can benefit from increased cross-fertilization of themes and perspectives. We begin by introducing a taxonomy of global sourcing research, building on relevant insights from SCM research. We then generate recommendations for potential future research on global sourcing, particularly highlighting antecedents, processes, performance and contextual variables. SCM research employs the entire supply chain as the primary unit of analysis (rather than the individual firm), while IB research focuses primarily on international aspects, adapting to institutional contexts in a globalized world. Building on this complementarity, several specific empirical directions are proposed for future research directions.