Yulia Vakulenko
Lecturer
Rural supply chain management: a multidimensional framework for future research in Europe
Author
Summary, in English
Innovations affect urban and rural areas differently. Although the
supply chain management (SCM) literature recognises the interaction between
urban and rural areas in terms of flow of products, people and communication,
the rural perspective is clearly missing. An inductive approach was applied
using an interdisciplinary panel of international experts to explore challenges
and opportunities in the integral fields of rural development and SCM. Four
key dimensions emerged that deal with rural logistics, policy, community and
innovation. The results characterise rural SCM as multidimensional and
classify the research field according to these four key dimensions. The resulting
holistic framework brings the wide-ranging character of the research field
together. The study provides foundations for the future research and theory
building in this emerging research field. It also supports the development of
rural markets and businesses in their efforts to cope with challenges that are
particularly relevant to retail and service industries.
supply chain management (SCM) literature recognises the interaction between
urban and rural areas in terms of flow of products, people and communication,
the rural perspective is clearly missing. An inductive approach was applied
using an interdisciplinary panel of international experts to explore challenges
and opportunities in the integral fields of rural development and SCM. Four
key dimensions emerged that deal with rural logistics, policy, community and
innovation. The results characterise rural SCM as multidimensional and
classify the research field according to these four key dimensions. The resulting
holistic framework brings the wide-ranging character of the research field
together. The study provides foundations for the future research and theory
building in this emerging research field. It also supports the development of
rural markets and businesses in their efforts to cope with challenges that are
particularly relevant to retail and service industries.
Department/s
- Packaging Logistics
Publishing year
2021
Language
English
Pages
1-1
Publication/Series
International Journal of Business and Systems Research
Volume
15
Issue
1
Document type
Journal article
Publisher
Inderscience Publishers
Topic
- Transport Systems and Logistics
Keywords
- rural
- supply chain management
- SCM
- logistics
- innovation
- policy
- community
- expert panel
- Europe
Status
Published
ISBN/ISSN/Other
- ISSN: 1751-200X