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Digital supply chain management in the videogames industry : a systematic literature review (2020)
Journal Article
Kelly, S., Klézl, V., Israilidis, J., Malone, N., & Butler, S. (2021). Digital supply chain management in the videogames industry : a systematic literature review. ˜The œcomputer games journal, 10(1-4), 19-40. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40869-020-00118-0

As industries mature, they rely more heavily on supply chain management (SCM) to ensure effective operations leading to greater levels of organisational performance. SCM has been widely covered in many industrial areas and, in line with other burgeon... Read More about Digital supply chain management in the videogames industry : a systematic literature review.

Opportunities for gamified learning in purchasing and supply management education (2020)
Presentation / Conference
Kelly, S., Vangorp, P., Stek, K., & Delke, V. (2020, September). Opportunities for gamified learning in purchasing and supply management education. Presented at ECGBL 2020 14th European Conference on Game-Based Learning, Brighton, United Kingdom

Gamification has been used in a wide variety of subject-specific education contexts. Examples of such usage in the Supply Chain Management (SCM) context include the oft-played beer distribution game, developed by MIT Sloan School of Management (For... Read More about Opportunities for gamified learning in purchasing and supply management education.

Why organizations fail to share knowledge : an empirical investigation and opportunities for improvement (2020)
Journal Article
Kelly, S., Israilidis, J., & Siachou, E. (2020). Why organizations fail to share knowledge : an empirical investigation and opportunities for improvement. Information Technology and People, 34(5), 1513-1539. https://doi.org/10.1108/ITP-02-2019-0058

Purpose – This paper explores critical failure factors (CFFs) in the context of knowledge sharing. It provides further insights into what can cause knowledge- sharing failures, inflexible knowledge-sharing strategies and ineffective knowledge- shar... Read More about Why organizations fail to share knowledge : an empirical investigation and opportunities for improvement.

Smart supply chain: Are the procurers ready for industry 4.0 (2020)
Presentation / Conference
Kelly, S., Tkac, M., & Stek, K. (2020, September). Smart supply chain: Are the procurers ready for industry 4.0. Presented at 28th Interdisciplinary Information Management Talks: Digitalized Economy, Society and Information Management, IDIMT 2020, Kutna Hora, Czech Republic

Industry 4.0 brings changes to the supply chain environment and companies that want to benefit from these changes must be prepared to implement them. However, successful implementation requires skilled and trained personnel who will embrace these cha... Read More about Smart supply chain: Are the procurers ready for industry 4.0.

Purchasing and supply management (PSM) competencies: Current and future requirements (2019)
Journal Article
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. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pursup.2019.100572

Purchasing & Supply Management (PSM) competencies are the individual-level foundations of organisational PSM performance. In light of recent developments in the workplace and the external environment, the question of what PSM competencies are needed... Read More about Purchasing and supply management (PSM) competencies: Current and future requirements.

Supply chain management in the videogames industry: a systematic literature review evaluating the maturity of the field and establishing a new research agenda (2019)
Presentation / Conference
Kelly, S., Klezl, V., Israilidis, J., & Malone, N. (2019, April). Supply chain management in the videogames industry: a systematic literature review evaluating the maturity of the field and establishing a new research agenda. Presented at 28th International IPSERA Conference: Art and Science of Procurement, Milan, Italy

The Video Games Industry (VGI) continues to grow dramatically and, as industries mature, they rely more heavily on Supply Chain Management (SCM) to ensure effective operations leading to greater levels of performance. SCM has been widely covered in m... Read More about Supply chain management in the videogames industry: a systematic literature review evaluating the maturity of the field and establishing a new research agenda.

Opportunism in buyer--supplier exchange: a critical examination of the concept and its implications for theory and practice (2018)
Journal Article
Kelly, S., Wagner, B., & Ramsey, J. (2018). Opportunism in buyer--supplier exchange: a critical examination of the concept and its implications for theory and practice. Production Planning and Control, 29(12), https://doi.org/10.1080/09537287.2018.1495772

Claims that opportunism is widespread in the process of buyer–supplier exchange are commonplace, but direct supporting evidence for such claims is largely absent from the relevant literature. This article offers a critique of the treatment of opportu... Read More about Opportunism in buyer--supplier exchange: a critical examination of the concept and its implications for theory and practice.

A case study on the use of meditation techniques to develop mindfulness in MBA supply chain management students (2018)
Book Chapter
Kelly, S., Marshall, D., McCarthy, L., & Pugh, J. (2018). A case study on the use of meditation techniques to develop mindfulness in MBA supply chain management students. In The Palgrave Handbook of Workplace Spirituality and Fulfillment (1095-1113). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-62163-0_42

An increased focus on spirituality and mindfulness in the management education literature has resulted in calls for greater empirical work of a nontraditional nature. Therefore, this research looks to contribute to this growing body of literature by... Read More about A case study on the use of meditation techniques to develop mindfulness in MBA supply chain management students.

Naughty but nice: communications in controversial industries (2018)
Presentation / Conference
Marshall, D., Rehme, J., Kelly, S., Chicksand, D., & Boojihawon, R. (2018, March). Naughty but nice: communications in controversial industries. Presented at 27th Annual International Purchasing and Supply Education and Research Association Conference, Athens

The effects of supply chain management (SCM) activities and their impact upon festival management and the customer experience (2017)
Book Chapter
Kelly, S., & Ryan, W. (2017). The effects of supply chain management (SCM) activities and their impact upon festival management and the customer experience. In A. Jepson, & A. Clarke (Eds.), Power, Construction and Meaning in Festivals (109-128). Abingdon: Routledge

As the number of festivals and the need to provide more satisfying customer experiences continue to grow, the challenges faced by festival managers have become more complicated than ever. The demand to reduce costs and deal with the increasingly comp... Read More about The effects of supply chain management (SCM) activities and their impact upon festival management and the customer experience.

The role of explicit and tacit knowledge in purchasing and supply management (PSM) today and in future (2017)
Presentation / Conference
Bals, L., Kelly, S., Schulze, H., & Stek, K. (2017, April). The role of explicit and tacit knowledge in purchasing and supply management (PSM) today and in future. Presented at 26th Annual IPSERA Conference 2017, Budapest, Hungary

While research has shed considerable light on the organizational-level maturity of PSM organizations, the individual competencies of PSM, especially in light of current developments in the workplace such as digitization, have received relatively less... Read More about The role of explicit and tacit knowledge in purchasing and supply management (PSM) today and in future.

Gamification in purchasing & supply management (2016)
Presentation / Conference
Andrews, D., Kelly, S., & Chicksand, D. (2016, March). Gamification in purchasing & supply management. Presented at 25th Annual International Purchasing and Supply Education and Research Association Conference, Dortmund

Purchase offering quality: The effects of buyer behaviour on organizational supplying behaviour (2013)
Journal Article
Ramsay, J., Wagner, B., & Kelly, S. (2013). Purchase offering quality: The effects of buyer behaviour on organizational supplying behaviour. International Journal of Operations and Production Management, 33(10), 1260-1282. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJOPM-09-2011-0325

Purpose This paper aims to explore the supply chain management problem of understanding the response of suppliers to buyer behaviours and characteristics. Design/methodology/approach The paper reviews the relevant literature in search of referen... Read More about Purchase offering quality: The effects of buyer behaviour on organizational supplying behaviour.

Abandoning the upstream supply chain metaphor (2013)
Presentation / Conference
Ramsay, J., & Kelly, S. (2013, March). Abandoning the upstream supply chain metaphor. Presented at 22nd Annual International Purchasing and Supply Education and Research Association Conference, Nantes