Geopolitical, Economic, and Technological Trends in Logistics
A new ISPI-McKinsey report, Logistics in Transition. Exploring Geopolitical, Economic, and Technological Trends, edited by Carlo Secchi and Alessando Gili, examines the challenges and transformations in global logistics. It emphasizes the impact of geopolitical shifts, the climate crisis, and technological advances on supply chains. The report covers a wide range of topics, including the transformation of global value chains, maritime logistics, hydrogen mobility, artificial intelligence, and the decarbonization of ports. It highlights the importance of international cooperation to improve global connectivity and resilience. In addition, the report explores how logistics can adapt to protectionist industrial policies and the dual transition of the digital and energy sectors. It provides strategic insights for Europe, Italy, and companies to mitigate risks and manage these changes. The analysis underscores the need for diversification and redundancy in transportation systems to ensure security of supply and the smooth functioning of the global economy.
Enhancing Methodological Transparency in SCM Research
Every empirical-quantitative SCM researcher has different ideas about which methodological steps to follow. The article What You See Is What You Get? Enhancing Methodological Transparency in Management Research by Aguinis, Ramani, and Alabduljader examines methodological transparency in management research. The authors emphasize the importance of transparency for the reproducibility of inferences and results, as low transparency can hide errors, dubious practices, or fraud. Their comprehensive review suggests strategies for improving transparency throughout the research process, including theory development, research design, measurement, analysis, and reporting. SCM researchers can benefit from these methodological recommendations because they can help increase the trustworthiness, replicability, validity, and reliability of studies. In addition, journal editors and reviewers in our discipline can use them to set the right standards for submissions. Of course, methodological standards are constantly evolving, and checklists such as the one described here must always be used with caution. However, I believe that the article by Aguinis et al. provides a very good methodological overview.
Aguinis, H., Ramani, R.S., & Alabduljader, N. (2018). What You See Is What You Get? Enhancing Methodological Transparency in Management Research. Academy of Management Annals, 12(1), 83-110. https://doi.org/10.5465/annals.2016.0011
