Michael Wang

• Doctor of Philosophy
• Senior Lecturer at Kingston University

Most current blockchain and carbon emission studies are from engineering and sciences disciplines. By incorporating blockchain technology into supply chain integration capabilities, the firms are be able to work collaboratively with each other to enhance the supply chain integration and simultaneously reduce the carbon emission in a supply chain. T...

Purpose Due to increasing supply chain complexity, the supply chain uncertainty has become an imperative issue, which hinders the development of modern logistics and supply chain management. The paper attempts to conceptualize reverse logistics uncertainty from supply chain uncertainty literature and present the types of reverse logistics uncertain...

COVID-19 pandemic has drawn great attention to environmental uncertainty. The current paper attempts to conceptually develop and empirically validate a research framework that explains how the firms’ environmental uncertainty influences their innovation capability and stakeholder value. Drawing on contingency theory, resource dependence theory, and...

Forest supply chain has drawn increasing attention worldwide. This paper develops a supply chain risk (SCR) framework in the forest industry. Forest supply chain risk has become an obstacle to gaining competitive advantages and developing sustainable forestry. However, very few studies attempt to investigate SCR in an integrated forest supply chain...

Purpose COVID-19 has caused critical supply chain problems, especially in sustainable supply chain management, but very few empirical studies have been explored how to improve the firm sustainability through supply chain endeavours such as supply chain agility to manage the impacts of COVID-19. This paper aims to develop a model to incorporate supp...

This study investigates the impact of supply chain digitalization on agility through the lens of innovation within firms. Employing a resource‐based view and dynamic capabilities approach, we analyze the relationship between supply chain digitalization and agility. This exploration is essential for fostering an agile supply chain capable of address...

Purpose Supply chain risk (SCR) has been extensively explored in various sectors, yet there is a notable scarcity of SCR studies in the dairy industry. This study aims to identify the primary and distinctive risks in the dairy supply chain (DSC), propose a typological model for SCR, highlight challenges specific to the DSC and offer mitigation stra...

Purpose – Truck-sharing stands out as an impactful strategy for minimizing emissions and optimizing the streamlined transport of goods. This study seeks to address a gap in understanding by investigating the barriers confronted by shippers in the adoption of truck-sharing services. Design/methodology/approach – This study employs the innovation res...

This paper presents supply chain capabilities in a three-stage circular model. Different from most studies exploring supply chain integration (SCI) from the perspective of processes, this paper studies SCI from a holistic approach. By applying dynamic capability view (DCV), this study develops a measurement of SCI capability based on the three-stag...

Purpose To delve into the integration of global logistics and supply chain networks amidst the digital transformation era. This study aims to investigate the potential role of China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) in facilitating the integration of global flows encompassing both tangible goods and intangibles. Additionally, the study seeks to inco...

The study empirically examines whether increased supply chain (SC) flexibility correlates with improvements in an SC's ability to address a firm’s sustainability performance (SP). In addition, we investigate how SC visibility impacts a firm’s SP by way of enhancing SC agility in the model. SC flexibility plays a vital role in SC operations to achie...

Purpose Based on the resource-based view (RBV) theory, this study examines how supply chain digitalisation affects firms’ performance by enabling firms to build supply chain agility and innovation capability. Design/methodology/approach Drawing from the dataset of 271 firms in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), we used structural equation modelling t...

Based on the theory of organizational learning, supply chain practice view, and stakeholder theory, this paper presents an empirical analysis of the influence of learning orientation on corporate sustainability through supply chain relationships and supply chain agility. A learning orientation strengthens supply chain practices, potentially extendi...

The purpose of the paper presented a validated measurement scale of supply chain agility post COVID-19. The pandemic has been recognized as a type of supply chain risks and uncertainties. In the supply chain management literature, supply chain agility was considered as a critical supply chain capability to address these supply chain risks and uncer...

In contemporary business landscapes, sustainability is gaining growing significance for companies spanning diverse industries. The purpose of the paper is twofold. First, it presents a validated measurement model of corporate sustainability based on the survey research. Second, it offers empirical evidence of the United Arab Emirates corporate sust...

The purpose of this paper is to develop a theoretical conceptualization of supply chain uncertainty in logistics and transport operations and their interdependence relationships. A study was conducted to investigate the supply chain uncertainty in a logistics context. Three types of supply chain uncertainty are identified. They are people-related u...

The purpose of the survey study is to understand the current business use of blockchain technology in New Zealand organisations. Over the past five years or so, an increasing number of organisations have become increasingly interested in blockchain technology. However, very few blockchain studies have been conducted in New Zealand organisations. A...

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COVID-19 pandemic has undoubtedly created a complex and difficult environment for leaders and human resource management (HRM) professionals in coping with these unprecedented challenges. In this context, there are very few studies on the impact of COVID-19 on HRM. Therefore, this paper aims to review the existing research literature on this topic t...

Dear Colleagues, COVID-19 pandemic has caused many uncertainties and challenges in business supply chain operations. Besides, many governments have abandoned their ‘Zero-COVID’ strategy. Moreover, new variants of the coronavirus keep appearing, such as the Delta variant and the Omicron variant. For a long time in the future, everyone needs to adapt...

The COVID-19 pandemic has caused a huge impact on the global supply chain. Recent studies show that industries must face the adverse effects of COVID-19 and manage them in 2022 and even beyond. In addition, as living with the COVID-19 pandemic becomes the new normal, based on contingency theory, we consider the COVID-19 pandemic as a supply chain u...

When Industry 4.0 technologies are utilized in logistics practices, they create a Logistics 4.0 environment, and the key to successfully implementing Logistics 4.0 practices is the human capital of the logistics industry. The human capital of the logistics industry was found to be classified into four major categories, namely operative, supervisor,...

The study aims to provide an in-depth analysis of a transportation capacity shortage issue affecting Australian logistics service providers. Transportation capacity shortage is an important issue in all transportation modes. In this study, the driver shortage is viewed as an antecedent variable to estimate the impact of transportation capacity shor...

Because of the Covid-19 pandemic, urgent surging demand for healthcare products such as personal protective equipment (PPE) has caused significant challenges for multi-tier supply chain management. Although a given firm may predominantly focus on an arms-length solution by targeting the first-tier supplier, the firm can still struggle with extended...

This paper aims to investigate the relationships between guanxi, supply chain innovation, and stakeholder’s value in a value-added supply chain innovation model, taking the empirical data from New Zealand firms. Based on the resource-based view and stakeholder theory, it proposes a research model in which guanxi is an antecedent of supply chain inn...

Purpose The purpose of this study is to examine the disruptive effects of COVID-19 on supply chains and question the role of accounting information in managing these supply chains in the face of such disruptive effects. Design/methodology/approach The study first explains the effects of COVID-19 on the supply chains of business entities. It then e...

Forest industry plays a vital role in the regional and national economic development in New Zealand. According to the latest Statistics NZ's data, total stocked plantation forest area was 1.697million ha, and a record 35.9million m 3 were harvested in 2019. The forest sector is the New Zealand's third largest export earner and therefore a main indu...

Globalisation increases the numbers of involved business partners and distances between origin and destination. It complicates and stretches supply chains. Consequently, supply chains are exposed to higher risks, especially in rural societies where there is limited access to technology and the society is isolated. The research literature of supply...

International trade agreements play a vital role in the international supply chains operations. It is an international trade legal framework for governing trade among nations. It creates both opportunities and challenges for different counties. Recently, all ten ASEAN countries, China, Japan, South Korea, Australia and New Zealand signed the world’...

Despite there are some arguments about blockchain, it has been highlighted as an important distributed secure technology in the 21st century. It is an incorruptible digital ledger of economic transactions that can be programmed to record not just financial transactions but virtually everything of value. Dobrovnik et al. (2018) suggest that blockcha...

Covid-19 has severely impacted international supply chains and caused many supply chain uncertainties and risks in today’s world. How to manage these supply chain uncertainties and risks in the today’s Pharmaceutical supply chain? This question has become increasingly important for both researchers and practitioners in the healthcare sector. Exploi...

The current Coronavirus COVID-19 is spreading around the world and New Zealand (NZ) companies face increased uncertainty. The purpose of study is to understand the current and future effects of COVID-19 to NZ businesses and provides early-stage suggestions that help the decision and policymaking regarding COVID-19 in NZ organisations. This study at...

Purpose The purpose of the paper is to present an empirical study on the logistics innovation capability and its impacts on the supply chain risk in the Australian courier firms. Based on the resource-based review, logistics innovation capability provides valuable insight into mitigating supply chain risks in the Industry 4.0 era. Design/methodolo...

The purpose of the conceptual paper is to present a framework for managing pharmaceutical supply chain uncertainty and risk. The supply chain risk management strategy is critical and significant to strategically support the firms to success in the long run. However, very little research has been conducted in the pharmaceutical firms so far. Based o...

Purpose The purpose of the paper is to present an empirical evidence of the impacts of supply chain uncertainty and risk on the logistics performance in the Australian courier industry. This study examines the impacts of supply chain and risk on the logistics performance in the Australian courier industry. Design/methodology/approach The study p...

The purpose of this paper is to examine the applicability of logistics capability for mitigating supply chain uncertainty and risk and improving logistics performance in the Australian courier industry. Based on the resource-based view, a quantitative research study is designed to investigate the relationships among three latent variables: logistic...

The Chinese Government recently launched one belt one road to reform and speed up the development of Chinese economy in the world. One belt one road (OBOR) strategy heavily relied on the traditional logistical trade routes including terrestrial and oceanic Silk Road. The purpose of this paper is to present a conceptual framework for managing supply...

The purpose of the paper is to present the empirical evidence of the innovation capability influencing the operation capability and logistics performance in the Australian courier industry. According to resource-based view, firm capabilities including dynamic capabilities and ordinary capabilities play a vital role in a firm to generate competitive...

Purpose – Logistics capability is an important ability for transport and logistics firms to deliver the value and services to the customers. In contrast, supply chain uncertainty and risk is an issue in supply chain and logistics to obstruct the delivery. The purpose of this paper is to evaluate and understand the logistics capability, and to provi...

Supply chain risk and uncertainty is an issue in supply chain and logistics. Due to increased globalisation, higher customer expectations, environment volatility, shorter and shorter product and technology life cycles, supply chains are more easily exposed to risks. This study proposes a Resource based view approach to manage the supply chain risks...

Asia Academy of Management (AAOM) Conference, Hong Kong

The Charted Institute of Logistics and Transport Newsletter https://www.cilta.com.au/page-logistics-in-the-publishing-industry

the 28th Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management (ANZAM) Conference, Sydney