[Logprofs] Journal of Supply Chain Management, Volume 61, Issue 3

[Andreas Wieland]

Dear colleagues,

New research reveals how the 2025 U.S. tariff hike, and the uncertainty that followed, could permanently reshape global supply chains. Find it in the Journal of Supply Chain Management’s latest issue (Volume 61, Issue 3). As always, this issue addresses timely theoretical puzzles with strong managerial and societal implications: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/1745493x/current 

(1) Jason W. Miller, Yao “Henry” Jin & David L. Ortega: Shock and Awe: A Theoretical Framework and Data Sources for Studying the Impact of 2025 Tariffs on Global Supply Chains 
This Societal Impact Article presents a framework linking 2025 U.S. tariff shocks to supply chain costs and responses. It presents moderating factors, offers preliminary evidence, and maps data-rich research avenues for future SCM studies. https://doi.org/10.1111/jscm.12350

(2) Zebin Yan, Zhi Yang, Haibin Yang & En Xie: Differentiated Relational Strategies in Major Supplier Networks: A Blessing or a Curse in Collectivist Cultures? 
This study reveals how prioritizing certain suppliers within China’s collectivist networks can unexpectedly reduce profits. Demand volatility exacerbates the issue, but technological change mitigates the impact, reshaping conventional assumptions about supply chain strategy. https://doi.org/10.1111/jscm.12339

(3) Vera M. Schweitzer, Fabiola H. Gerpott, Nale Lehmann-Willenbrock, Sander de Leeuw, Michaéla Schippers & Jiachun Lu: Cracks in the Foundation: How Relational Communication Dynamics Predict Performance Improvement in Cross-Functional Teams 
Analyzing 25,641 coded interactions from simulated supply chain teams, this study finds that early relational talk, when met with disruptive replies, stalls ROI gains, pointing to the importance of temporal communication patterns for cross-functional performance. https://doi.org/10.1111/jscm.12341

(4) Nevena Ivanovic, Thom de Vries, Gerben van der Vegt & Dirk Pieter van Donk: Handling Disruption Concurrence: The Importance of Inter- and Intra-Departmental Communication for Critical Infrastructure Resilience 
This quantitative analysis of 1,978 disruption clusters in a utility demonstrates that intensified inter- and intra-departmental communication mitigates recovery delays from concurrent disruptions, revealing temporally contingent internal-integration strategies crucial for critical-infrastructure resilience. https://doi.org/10.1111/jscm.12346

(5) Xun Tong, Miriam Wilhelm & Shuo Wang: Make, Buy, and Ally: Can Plural Sourcing Reconcile the Tension Between Outsourcing and Corporate Social Responsibility? 
Drawing on 9,057 U.S. manufacturing firm-years, the analysis finds that plural sourcing markedly offsets outsourcing’s CSR harm, spotlighting internal production’s hidden power to strengthen supplier oversight and elevate environmental and social performance under crucial boundary conditions. https://doi.org/10.1111/jscm.12348

(6) Jing Zhou, Xubing Zhang & Chuang Zhang: Exploring the Antecedents of Customer Whistleblowing in a Supplier–Customer–Customer Triad: A Cognitive Approach 
Using social information processing theory, two experiments show that serious peer wrongdoing heightens managers’ economic unfairness and moral responsibility perceptions, spurring whistleblowing, especially amid market uncertainty and strong supplier ties, offering suppliers proactive governance guidance. https://doi.org/10.1111/jscm.12351

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Davide Luzzini, Hannah Stolze, and Andreas Wieland
Co-Editors-in-Chief, Journal of Supply Chain Management