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Towards environmentally just supply chains: From harm reduction to transformative (2025)
Journal Article
Matthews, L., Silva, M. E., Figueiredo, M. D., & Lai, J. Y. (2025). Towards environmentally just supply chains: From harm reduction to transformative. International Journal of Operations and Production Management, 45(3), 733-755. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJOPM-09-2024-0736

Purpose
In response to the worsening environmental crisis, there have been multiple calls for sustainable supply chain management (SSCM) scholars and practitioners to adopt a “business-not-as-usual” approach based on justice, fairness, equity and su... Read More about Towards environmentally just supply chains: From harm reduction to transformative.

Compliance (2024)
Book Chapter
Torres, L. D. (2024). Compliance. In L. Matthews, L. Bianchi, & C. Ingram (Eds.), Concise Encyclopedia of Corporate Social Responsibility (18-22). Edward Elgar Publishing

Compliance has become prevalent worldwide and especially following the passage of various national regulations such as the United States’ Sarbanes–Oxley Act, Australia’s Corporate Law Economic Reform Program Act, and the UK Bribery Act. The cost of b... Read More about Compliance.

Doughnut economics (2024)
Book Chapter
Morris, D. (2024). Doughnut economics. In L. Matthews, L. Bianchi, & C. Ingram (Eds.), Concise Encyclopedia of Corporate Social Responsibility. Edward Elgar Publishing

Unlocking the power of diversity for supply chain knowledge: Is pluralism in theorizing styles the key? (2024)
Journal Article
Cornelissen, J., Stephens, V., & Matthews, L. (2024). Unlocking the power of diversity for supply chain knowledge: Is pluralism in theorizing styles the key?. Journal of Supply Chain Management, 60(3), 3-17. https://doi.org/10.1111/jscm.12328

The authors reflect on the opportunities for diversity in supply chain research by examining the prevalent modes of theorizing in the field. This examination focuses on identifying common styles of theorizing in supply chain management research, whic... Read More about Unlocking the power of diversity for supply chain knowledge: Is pluralism in theorizing styles the key?.

Broadening the Scope of Operations and Supply Chain Management Scholarship on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion: Justice, Paradox, and Dialectical Lenses (2024)
Journal Article
Matthews, L., Gold, S., & Schleper, M. C. (2024). Broadening the Scope of Operations and Supply Chain Management Scholarship on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion: Justice, Paradox, and Dialectical Lenses. Production and Operations Management, https://doi.org/10.1177/10591478241243384

Diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) has been gaining attention in operations and supply chain management (OSCM) research but is often narrowly framed and dominated by instrumental logic. We offer three lenses that potentially broaden the scope of... Read More about Broadening the Scope of Operations and Supply Chain Management Scholarship on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion: Justice, Paradox, and Dialectical Lenses.

Corporate social responsibility (2024)
Book Chapter
Matthews, L., & Ingram, C. (2024). Corporate social responsibility. In L. Matthews, L. Bianchi, & C. Ingram (Eds.), Concise Encyclopedia of Corporate Social Responsibility (43-54). Edward Elgar Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781800880344.ch09

In its most general sense, corporate social responsibility (CSR) can be understood as the recognition that corporations have a responsibility to society that includes but is not limited to their economic performance. There are a large number of defin... Read More about Corporate social responsibility.

Stakeholder management (2024)
Book Chapter
Matthews, L., & Ingram, C. (2024). Stakeholder management. In Concise Encyclopedia of Corporate Social Responsibility (161-167). Edward Elgar Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781800880344.ch30

Corporate social responsibility (CSR) is concerned with the responsibilities of business. Stakeholder management is a complementary approach that helps businesses understand which groups they have responsibilities towards and the nature of these resp... Read More about Stakeholder management.

Sustainable Investment (2024)
Book Chapter
O’Sullivan, N. (2024). Sustainable Investment. In L. Matthews, L. Bianchi, & C. Ingram (Eds.), Concise Encyclopedia of Corporate Social Responsibility (207-214). Edward Elgar Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781800880344.ch39

Sustainable investment, more widely currently known as “responsible investment”, refers to the integration of sustainability issues— otherwise known as environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues in the investment community— into core investmen... Read More about Sustainable Investment.

Sustainable insurance (2024)
Book Chapter
O’Sullivan, N. (2024). Sustainable insurance. In L. Matthews, L. Bianchi, & C. Ingram (Eds.), Concise Encyclopedia of Corporate Social Responsibility (202-206). Edward Elgar Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781800880344.ch38

Sustainable insurance refers to the integration of environmental, social and governance issues into insurance activities. This relates to both property and casualty insurance— otherwise known as ‘non-life’ insurance— as well as life insurance. As wit... Read More about Sustainable insurance.

Sustainable finance (2024)
Book Chapter
O'Sullivan, N. (2024). Sustainable finance. In L. Matthews, L. Bianchi, & C. Ingram (Eds.), Concise Encyclopedia of Corporate Social Responsibility (196-201). Edward Elgar Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781800880344.ch37

Sustainable finance relates to the integration of environmental and social issues into banking, investment, and insurance activities, and the recognition that in doing so, the financial sector has tremendous leverage to shift international economies... Read More about Sustainable finance.

Sustainable banking (2024)
Book Chapter
Niamh, O. (2024). Sustainable banking. In L. Matthews, L. Bianchi, & C. Ingram (Eds.), Concise Encyclopedia of Corporate Social Responsibility (187-191). Edward Elgar Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781800880344.ch35

Sustainable banking refers to the integration of environmental and social issues into banking activities, principally including commercial and retail banking. As with institutional investors, sustainability issues in the banking sector are primarily... Read More about Sustainable banking.

Concise Encyclopedia of Corporate Social Responsibility (2024)
Book
Matthews, L., Bianchi, L., & Ingram, C. (Eds.). (2024). Concise Encyclopedia of Corporate Social Responsibility. Edward Elgar Publishing

This Concise Encyclopedia is an interdisciplinary overview of the field of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). It not only incorporates well-established concepts proffered by highly influential voices, but also captures the perspectives of tomorro... Read More about Concise Encyclopedia of Corporate Social Responsibility.

Visual Analytics of Contact Tracing Policy Simulations During an Emergency Response (2022)
Journal Article
Sondag, M., Turkay, C., Xu, K., Matthews, L., Mohr, S., & Archambault, D. (2022). Visual Analytics of Contact Tracing Policy Simulations During an Emergency Response. Computer Graphics Forum, 41(3), 29-41. https://doi.org/10.1111/cgf.14520

Epidemiologists use individual-based models to (a) simulate disease spread over dynamic contact networks and (b) to investigate strategies to control the outbreak. These model simulations generate complex ‘infection maps’ of time-varying transmission... Read More about Visual Analytics of Contact Tracing Policy Simulations During an Emergency Response.

Worker-less social responsibility: How the proliferation of voluntary labour governance tools in seafood marginalise the workers they claim to protect (2022)
Journal Article
Decker Sparks, J. L., Matthews, L., Cárdenas, D., & Williams, C. (2022). Worker-less social responsibility: How the proliferation of voluntary labour governance tools in seafood marginalise the workers they claim to protect. Marine Policy, 139, Article 105044. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2022.105044

In response to labour and human rights violations onboard fishing vessels, the private sector is increasingly relying on market-based solutions in the form of voluntary, non-governmental social governance tools to improve working conditions for fishe... Read More about Worker-less social responsibility: How the proliferation of voluntary labour governance tools in seafood marginalise the workers they claim to protect.

Building Novel Supply Chain Theory Using “Metaphorical Imagination” (2021)
Journal Article
Stephens, V., Matthews, L., Cornelissen, J., & Rowlands, H. (2022). Building Novel Supply Chain Theory Using “Metaphorical Imagination”. Journal of Supply Chain Management, 58(1), 124-139. https://doi.org/10.1111/jscm.12257

In this paper, we explore how supply chain theorists can engage with metaphorical imagination to develop supply chain theory. Our main purpose is to provide additional useful guidance on how scholars can approach the method of metaphoric transfer. To... Read More about Building Novel Supply Chain Theory Using “Metaphorical Imagination”.

Re‐Imagining supply chain challenges through critical engaged research (2020)
Journal Article
Touboulic, A., McCarthy, L., & Matthews, L. (2020). Re‐Imagining supply chain challenges through critical engaged research. Journal of Supply Chain Management, 56(2), 36-51. https://doi.org/10.1111/jscm.12226

In this manuscript we explore how engaged research can support the development of the theory and practice of supply chain management (SCM) and present critical engaged research as an extended form of engaged research. The article's main purpose is to... Read More about Re‐Imagining supply chain challenges through critical engaged research.

Knowledge Diffusion in a Global Supply Network: A Network of Practice View (2019)
Journal Article
Marques, L., Yan, T., & Matthews, L. (2020). Knowledge Diffusion in a Global Supply Network: A Network of Practice View. Journal of Supply Chain Management, 56(1), 33-53. https://doi.org/10.1111/jscm.12214

This study investigates how knowledge diffusion occurs in a globally dispersed supply network, wherein buying firms and suppliers often do not have strong relationships and competitive tensions prevail. We elaborate the Network of Practice (NoP) view... Read More about Knowledge Diffusion in a Global Supply Network: A Network of Practice View.

On the road to carbon reduction in a food supply network: a complex adaptive systems perspective (2018)
Journal Article
Touboulic, A., Matthews, L., & Marques, L. (2018). On the road to carbon reduction in a food supply network: a complex adaptive systems perspective. Supply Chain Management, 23(4), 313-335. https://doi.org/10.1108/SCM-06-2017-0214

Purpose: In acknowledging the reality of climate change, large firms have set internal and external (supplier oriented) targets to reduce their greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. This study explores the complex processes behind the evolution and diffusi... Read More about On the road to carbon reduction in a food supply network: a complex adaptive systems perspective.