Materials Management, Production & Logistics

Shape the Value Chains of Tomorrow

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Research

Selected research projects

The Purchasing Education and Research for European Competence Transfer (PERFECT) project developed a European university curriculum on the topic of Purchasing/Procurement. It was funded by the European Commission as part of the Erasmus+ Strategic Partnerships program; running from 2015-2018, total funding volume 430,000 Euro. Prof. Dr. Lydia Bals (Head of Work Package 2) and Heike Schulze worked on the project on behalf of the department in Mainz. You can find more information about the project here.

 

Selected publications

Sciporte profile

  • Bals, L., Huang, F., Tate, W. L. & Rosca, E. (2023). Creating social value at the bottom of the pyramid: Elaborating resource orchestration via social intermediaries. Journal of Business Research, 168, 114209. doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2023.114209
  • Rosca, E., Tate, W. L., Bals, L., Huang, F. & Ciulli, F. (2022). Coordinating multi-level collective action: How intermediaries and digital governance can help supply chains tackle grand challenges. International Journal of Operations & Production Management, 42(12), 1937–1968. doi.org/10.1108/IJOPM-07-2022-0432
  • Schulze, H., Bals, L. & Warwick, J. (2022). A sustainable sourcing competence model for purchasing and supply management professionals. Operations Management Research, 15(3-4), 1418–1444. doi.org/10.1007/s12063-022-00256-w
  • McIvor, R. & Bals, L. (2021). A multi-theory framework for understanding the reshoring decision. International Business Review, 30(6), 101827. doi.org/10.1016/j.ibusrev.2021.101827
  • Schulze, H. & Bals, L. (2020). Implementing sustainable purchasing and supply management (SPSM): A Delphi study on competences needed by purchasing and supply management (PSM) professionals. Journal of Purchasing and Supply Management, 26(4), 100625. doi.org/10.1016/j.pursup.2020.100625
  • Wieland, A., Bals, L., Mol, M. J. & Handfield, R. B. (2020). Overcoming blind spots in global sourcing research: Exploiting the cross-sections between supply chain management and international business. Journal of International Management, 26(1), 100709. doi.org/10.1016/j.intman.2019.100709
  • Bals, L., Schulze, H., Kelly, S. & Stek, K. (2019). Purchasing and supply management (PSM) competencies: Current and future requirements. Journal of Purchasing and Supply Management, 25(5), 100572. doi.org/10.1016/j.pursup.2019.100572
  • Tate, W. L., Bals, L., Bals, C. & Foerstl, K. (2019). Seeing the forest and not the trees: Learning from nature’s circular economy. Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 149, 115–129. doi.org/10.1016/j.resconrec.2019.05.023
  • Bals, L., Laine, J. & Mugurusi, G. (2018). Evolving Purchasing and Supply Organizations: A contingency model for structural alternatives. Journal of Purchasing and Supply Management, 24(1), 41–58. doi.org/10.1016/j.pursup.2017.10.001
  • Bals, L. & Tate, W. L. (2018). Sustainable Supply Chain Design in Social Businesses: Advancing the Theory of Supply Chain. Journal of Business Logistics, 39(1), 57–79. doi.org/10.1111/jbl.12172