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1. Interorganizational adaptation in supply chains: a behavioral perspective.

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Knoppen, Desirée and Christiaanse, Ellen

Subjects
RESEARCH, SMALL groups, PAPER, METHODOLOGY, DESIGN, FOOD industry, CONCEPTS, SUPPLY & demand, FOOD service
Abstract

Purpose — This paper aims to develop the concept of interorganizational adaptation (lOAD) in customer-supplier dyads, and more specifically its behavioral dimension and its main impacting factor constituted by power. Design/methodology/approach — Building on social capital literature, the paper develops a comprehensive classification of behavioral lOAD. The proposed cognitive, relational and structural sub-dimensions are explored through an embedded multi-case study in the European food industry. Data are collected at both sides of the dyads, providing a rich account of supply chain partnering. Findings — The cases show that acknowledgement and understanding of the behavioral dimension of lOAD, besides the more elaborate technical dimension, aids in explaining several paradoxical situations. Furthermore, the case data confirm the projected relationship between power and technical lOAD; dominated relationships present unilateral technical IOAD, whereas reciprocal relationships present bilateral technical lOAD. Analysis of a deviant case, however, suggests that the impact of power is weakened by the presence of behavioral lOAD. Research limitations/implications — A longitudinal rather than the cross-sectional research design used might shed additional light on the phenomenon. Nonetheless, the relationship age of the six cases varies from three to 50 years providing data related to different stages of partnering. Practical implications — The paper fosters practitioners' attention for behavioral aspects of supply chain partnering in order to understand actual successes and failures. Originality/value — The paper shows that social capital theory contributes to one's understanding of IOAD. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2007
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2. Capital assets framework for analysing household vulnerability during disaster

Author

Huafeng Zhang, Jon Pedersen, and Yandong Zhao

Subjects
Paper, Coping (psychology), China, 010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences, household vulnerability, Population, 0211 other engineering and technologies, Poison control, 02 engineering and technology, capital assets, 01 natural sciences, Vulnerable Populations, Disasters, Earthquakes, Humans, education, 0105 earth and related environmental sciences, 021110 strategic, defence & security studies, education.field_of_study, Family Characteristics, Public economics, Poverty, disaster assessment, General Social Sciences, Livelihood, Socioeconomic Factors, Wenchuan earthquake, Papers, General Earth and Planetary Sciences, Capital asset, Residence, Business, Social capital
Abstract

This paper examines the vulnerability of households to disasters, using an asset vulnerability framework to represent livelihoods. Such frameworks are widely employed to analyse household poverty and focus on living conditions and well-being rather than money-metric measures of consumption and income. The conceptualisation of household vulnerability is a challenge in current studies on coping with disasters. The paper considers whether a capital assets framework is useful in identifying and assessing household vulnerability in the context of the Wenchuan earthquake in China in 2008. The framework has five categories of assets (financial, human, natural, physical, and social capital) and attempts to measure the resilience and vulnerability of households. When applied to a major disaster, asset-based methods face the problem of heterogeneity of the population, such as with regard to livelihood type or residence. Moreover, the effect of external interventions, such as the provision of relief assistance, must be taken into account.

Published
2019