Horizontal Collaboration Opportunities across Industry Sectors in Bangladesh to Reduce Traffic Burden.Capture more Opportunities & Make their Supply Chain more Efficient. A Case Study Research of Dhaka

This paper applied case study research to design architectures for green-field supply chain integration. The integration design is based on a case study of a supply chain integration of 5 companies, operating in different, but supply chain complimenting industry sectors. The case study research is applied to design and validate the architectures in a real world scenario. The supply chain integration architectures enable the conversion of individual into integrated strategies. The architectures are categorised and the process develops into a conceptual system for identifying the correlations between individual participants’ strategic areas of interest and the integrated supply chain areas of interest. The novelty of this paper is a conceptual system for green-field supply chain integration architectures, which can be applied in real world by supply chain practitioners.

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Assessing the rigor of case study research in supply chain management

Supply Chain Management An International Journal ◽

10.1108/13598540810860967 ◽

2008 ◽

Vol 13 (2) ◽

pp. 128-137 ◽

Cited By ~ 183

Author(s):

Stefan A. Seuring

Keyword(s):

Supply Chain ◽

Supply Chain Management ◽

Supply Chains ◽

Case Study Research ◽

Research Process ◽

Chain Management ◽

Content Type ◽

Study Research ◽

Research Fields

PurposeThis paper aims to assess the current practice in research on supply chain management applying a case study method. Two particular research fields, namely sustainable supply chain management (SustSCM) and performance supply chain management (PerformSCM), are used as examples.Design/methodology/approachThe paper is based on a content analysis, where quality criteria for documenting case study research are analyzed. A total of 68 papers from the two research fields (51 SustSCM and 17 PerformSCM) forms the sample. The criteria of analysis chosen are taken from the case study research process.FindingsThere are two major findings: first, supply chain researchers have to make a greater effort to collect data from supply chains (i.e. at least two, or better, three or more stages of the supply chains). Second, the research process needs to be more comprehensively documented in related peer‐reviewed journal publications. This way, the value of case study based research might be appreciated more, as well enabling stronger conclusions to be drawn on the individual piece of research.Research limitations/implicationsThe research presented focuses on two particular fields inside SCM. However, the observations made that methodological rigor is often lacking in the papers holds for both fields.Originality/valueThe paper contributes to the further development of appropriate empirical research strategies for supply chain management.

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Developing superior value propositions: a strategic marketing imperative

Journal of Service Management ◽

10.1108/josm-01-2014-0036 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 25 (2) ◽

pp. 213-227 ◽

Cited By ~ 40

Author(s):

Adrian Payne ◽

Pennie Frow

Keyword(s):

Financial Services ◽

Case Study Research ◽

Value Proposition ◽

Content Type ◽

Study Research ◽

First Case ◽

Value Propositions ◽

Business To Consumer ◽

Industry Sectors

Purpose – Scholars identify the value proposition as representing the essence of strategy and the firm's single most important organizing principle. However, research suggests less than 10 per cent of companies formally develop value propositions. The purpose of this paper is to undertake case study research investigating the process by which leading companies develop their value propositions. Design/methodology/approach – The research identifies that the financial services and telecommunications vertical markets are viewed as the highly sophisticated industry sectors in terms of customer management. These industry sectors are selected for investigation. The paper develops case studies of two companies’ approaches to developing value propositions in the business-to-business (B2B) and business-to-consumer (B2C) sectors within these vertical markets. Findings – This paper contributes to the marketing literature by examining how two large and complex service enterprises have adopted structured processes for developing innovative value proposition within the B2B and B2C sectors. The authors argue that innovation in value proposition development represents a substantive opportunity for marketing to reassert its influence in the boardroom. Practical implications – This case study research provides guidelines of the processes by which enterprises can successfully develop innovative value propositions. Originality/value – This research is considered to be the first case-based academic exploration of the formal processes by which large organizations develop value propositions.

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Benefits; drawbacks and boundaries to deliver JIT

Benchmarking An International Journal ◽

10.1108/bij-07-2014-0073 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 22 (6) ◽

pp. 1081-1095 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Emma Jayne Dinsdale ◽

David Bennett

Keyword(s):

Supply Chain ◽

Automotive Industry ◽

Case Study Research ◽

Theory And Practice ◽

Social Implications ◽

Supply Network ◽

Content Type ◽

Study Research ◽

Automotive Supply

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to carry out case study research to analyse the current situation at a world class vehicle manufacturer (VM), the main case organisation. This paper aims to conclude whether there is scope for further inbound JIT supply focus to the case study organisations within this research. Design/methodology/approach – The data and vision for this paper comes from a literature review and practitioner papers and case studies to survey inbound supply of JIT theory and practice in a UK automotive supply network. Primary data are collected through case study research and site visits. Findings – This paper presents the findings of recent research into a UK automotive industry supply network and identifies the benefits, drawbacks and boundaries of delivering JIT. The sub-element of this paper identifies whether there is scope to make a more focus inbound supply JIT into the main VM case study organisation. Research limitations/implications – This research looks at one network over three tiers of a supply chain. However this research creates a case study hub and looks at whether there is potential to increase the level on inbound and outbound JIT supply to and from the main case organisation. Practical implications – This case study research directly gains primary research form operational supply organisations working in a supply hub network in the UK automotive industry. Social implications – Social implications here allow an improved understanding of efficient JIT and supply chain issues. Originality/value – This research considers the enhanced relationship amongst automotive supply chain members to ensure a clear understanding and position the importance of a JIT; lean and agile approach in practice.

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Qualitative Case Study Research Design

Perspectives on Fluency and Fluency Disorders ◽

10.1044/ffd25.1.39 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 25 (1) ◽

pp. 39-45 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Jennifer Tetnowski

Keyword(s):

Research Design ◽

Real World ◽

Qualitative Case Study ◽

Case Study Research ◽

Study Research

Qualitative case study research can be a valuable tool for answering complex, real-world questions. This method is often misunderstood or neglected due to a lack of understanding by researchers and reviewers. This tutorial defines the characteristics of qualitative case study research and its application to a broader understanding of stuttering that cannot be defined through other methodologies. This article will describe ways that data can be collected and analyzed.

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