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Supply Chain Portfolio Characteristics: Do They Relate to Post‐IPO Financial Performance?

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  • Matthew A. Schwieterman
  • Thomas J. Goldsby
  • M. Johnny Rungtusanatham
  • A. Michael Knemeyer

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In the years following an initial public offering (IPO), firms have to manage portfolios of customers and suppliers in order to achieve growth goals during this particularly uncertain time in a firm's lifecycle. The current research sheds light on three key questions: (1) Do firms benefit from conducting a large portion of business with a large customer or supplier? (2) Is it beneficial if the focal firm represents a large portion of business for customers and suppliers? And, (3) is balanced portfolio dependence helpful to a focal firm? The extant literature, drawing insights from the logics of power and embeddedness, is divided on these questions. We utilize a secondary data set of focal firms (post‐IPO) and their portfolios of relationships with customers and suppliers to explain where each theoretical perspective applies to the management of supply chain portfolios.

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  • Matthew A. Schwieterman & Thomas J. Goldsby & M. Johnny Rungtusanatham & A. Michael Knemeyer, 2018. "Supply Chain Portfolio Characteristics: Do They Relate to Post‐IPO Financial Performance?," Transportation Journal, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 57(4), pages 429-463, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:wly:transj:v:57:y:2018:i:4:p:429-463
    DOI: 10.5325/transportationj.57.4.0429
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