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Supply chain finance: Historical foundations, current research, future developments
Journal of Purchasing and Supply Management (2019)
  • Federico Caniato, Polytechnic University of Milan
  • Michael Henke, Technical University of Dortmund
  • George A. Zsidisin, Virginia Commonwealth University
Abstract
It is widely agreed that supply chains encompass and integrate material, information, and financial flows across organizations. There is a robust history and continually expanding research agenda investigating supply chain management practice and theory associated with material and information flows and processes. However, the management of financial flows from a supply chain perspective and in combination with the other flows, usually referred to as supply chain finance (SCF), has been under-investigated. Our understanding of SCF approaches and solutions in purchasing and supply management (PSM) is only starting to form. The purpose of this editorial is to provide some grounding of initial studies and concepts of SCF, illustrate new and emerging thought in this discourse with articles published in this special issue, and speculate how the SCF domain may evolve in theory and practice with the advent of new digital technologies and big data analytics.
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Publication Date
March 1, 2019
DOI
10.1016/j.pursup.2019.02.002
Citation Information
Federico Caniato, Michael Henke and George A. Zsidisin. "Supply chain finance: Historical foundations, current research, future developments" Journal of Purchasing and Supply Management Vol. 25 Iss. 2 (2019) p. 99 - 104
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/george-zsidisin/1/