A THEORY-BASED EXAMINATION OF ACADEMIC-PRACTITIONER COAUTHORSHIP IN TOP SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT JOURNALS OVER A TEN YEAR SPAN

摘要

We isolated co-authorship frequency in 12 top-ranked supply chain management (SCM) academic journals to assess patterns across a ten year horizon. We found that dual authorship tapered off over time, consistent with sensemaking theory which explains that academics and practitioners collaborate more in the early stages of the emergence of the SCM phenomenon. A more fine-grain categorization of article topics might reveal subtle differences between those who are involved in co-authored published research with practitioners at different points of time.