Papers by debdeep chatterjee
Supply chain sustainability can be stated as the consideration of environmental, social and econo... more Supply chain sustainability can be stated as the consideration of environmental, social and economic factors in its effective and efficient functioning. Over the years, the topic of supply chain sustainability has gained huge importance among both academia as well as the practitioners. The purpose of this paper is to apply the multiple criteria decision making (MCDM) technique of Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) in evaluating a set of critical supply chain risk factors, which need to be effectively tackled to make the supply chain truly sustainable. AHP is used as a structured methodology to prioritize the identified risks associated with supply chain sustainability. The purpose of this paper is twofold. Firstly, it provides the policy makers of an organization to gain a better understanding of the risks affecting supply chain sustainability and their relative criticality. Secondly, it exhibits to them how AHP can be used to assess the risks as a part of the framework that governs...
Social capital, knowledge quality, knowledge sharing, and innovation capability: An empirical study of the Indian pharmaceutical sector
Knowledge and Process Management, 2019
Management of technology and innovation is a topic that has been subjected to a lot of discussion... more Management of technology and innovation is a topic that has been subjected to a lot of discussions by the academicians and practitioners alike. Furthermore, researchers have emphasized the importance of the role that knowledge management/knowledge sharing can play in promoting innovation in an organization. The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the role of social capital and knowledge sharing in achieving innovation capability of an organization. It also discusses the role that knowledge quality might play in fostering the innovation capability of an organization. The basic research model was developed based on an in‐depth review of the extant literature and subsequently tested based on survey data collected from 97 senior executives across multiple pharmaceutical organizations in India. The findings of the partial least squares structural equation modeling indicated that knowledge quality and explicit and tacit knowledge sharing had a significant effect on innovation capability ...
A Decision-making Model for Supplier Selection in Indian Pharmaceutical Organizations
Journal of Health Management, 2019
Supplier selection is the process by which firms identify, evaluate and contract with suppliers. ... more Supplier selection is the process by which firms identify, evaluate and contract with suppliers. The supplier selection process deploys a tremendous amount of a firm’s operational and financial resources and is considered as an important determinant of the success of its supply chain. In spite of being strategically important to organizations, the decision for supplier selection is often complex and unstructured. Furthermore, it is inherently a multi-criterion decision-making (MCDM) problem, which pertains to structuring and solving decision problems involving multiple criteria. The paper provides a framework to analyze and evaluate supplier selection in Indian pharmaceutical sector (IPS) using MCDM technique of fuzzy analytic hierarchy process. It intends to improve managerial decision-making in the IPS in developing a supplier selection strategy based on multi-criteria evaluation technique.
Evaluating the role of social capital, tacit knowledge sharing, knowledge quality and reciprocity in determining innovation capability of an organization
Journal of Knowledge Management, 2019
PurposeKnowledge sharing has become an integral part of organizations’ business strategies, along... more PurposeKnowledge sharing has become an integral part of organizations’ business strategies, along with aiding organizations to grow and innovate in the market, and gain competitive advantage. This paper aims to concentrate on the role of tacit knowledge sharing in fostering innovation capability of an organization. Specifically, the study considers social capital (relational, cognitive and structural) as an important precursors to tacit knowledge sharing, which in turn, influences innovation capability of an organization. The study further discusses the role that knowledge reciprocation plays in successful tacit knowledge sharing. The relation between knowledge quality and innovation capability is also discussed in the paper.Design/methodology/approachThe investigation started with a review of extant literature in the field of knowledge sharing and innovation to derive a set of constructs. A set of hypotheses was developed based on the identified constructs, which was subsequently v...
Evaluating Barriers to Knowledge Sharing Affecting New Product Development Team Performance
International Journal of Innovation Management, 2018
Manufacturing and service organisations have repeatedly stressed the importance of knowledge mana... more Manufacturing and service organisations have repeatedly stressed the importance of knowledge management and sharing as an integral part of their growth and business strategy. Unfortunately, knowledge sharing (KS) barriers or factors can have a negative influence on a new product development (NPD) project team performance can make it difficult for the organisation to achieve sustained superior performance. The purpose of this research is to identify and explore a set of important KS barriers that might negatively affect the performance of a NPD project team. Specifically, this research focussed on identifying and evaluating the barriers to development and to offer guidelines to decision makers to improve KS to foster effective processes. This research can be utilised by decision-makers to design and develop effective processes and mitigation strategies to ensure effective KS.
The Role of Resiliency in Managing Supply Chains Disruptions
Supply Chain Risk Management, 2017
Current day business organizations, symbolized by complex and global supply chains, are often sub... more Current day business organizations, symbolized by complex and global supply chains, are often subjected to unforeseen threats that result in huge financial losses. There are no sure ways of assessing these threats, especially the “black swans” (high-impact, but low-probability events like natural disasters, terrorist attacks, outbreaks, etc.), as the severe dearth of historical data excludes the use of forecasting tools to evaluate those disruptions. However, it has been observed that some organizations cope far better than others in addressing these unforeseen and unquantifiable disruptions. This is not because they have a ‘secret formula’, but due to them sharing a critical trait known as resilience. The notion of supply chain resiliency, which is the ability of a supply chain to recover to the ‘pre-disruption’ or a better state after suffering through a disruption process, has always been considered as a core element in the success of an organization. The primary objective of this chapter is to familiarize the readers with the concept of supply chain resiliency and its role in mitigating supply chain disruptions. The chapter will also reveal the advantages of a resilient supply chain through insightful examples from a wide range of industries.
International Journal of Business Analytics, 2017
In the present day, business environment marked by intense competition and uncertainties, the abi... more In the present day, business environment marked by intense competition and uncertainties, the ability of an organization and its supply chain to respond quickly to an unforeseen change in the business environment forms the key to its sustenance in the market. Since an agile supply chain comprises of a plethora of components, it is imperative that there should be a set of uncertainties associated with its functioning. The purpose of this paper is to evaluate a set of critical risks associated with the agility of an organization's supply chain. Identification and prioritization of the risks to assess their relative criticality form the backbone of the research process. This research is expected to aid the decision-makers develop robust risk management strategies as related to their organizational supply chain agility, thereby ensuring their growth and sustainability in the market.
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Papers by debdeep chatterjee