Comment on “Taking the leap from dyads to triads: Buyer–supplier relationships in supply networks” by Choi and Wu: To leap or not to leap: Triads as arbitrary subsets of networks of connected dyads |
| |
| Institution: | 1. ESADE Business School, Universitat Ramon Llull, Avda. Torreblanca 59, 08172, Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona, Spain;2. The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Institute of Textiles and Clothing, Hunghom, Kowloon, Hong Kong;3. ESADE Business School, Universitat Ramon Llull, Avda. Torreblanca 59, 08172, Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona, Spain;1. Chair of Supply Chain Management & Logistics, German Graduate School of Management & Law (GGS), Heilbronn, Germany;2. Volkswagen AG, Wolfsburg, Germany;3. Chair of Sustainable Production Management, Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg, Germany;1. University of Groningen, Faculty of Economics and Business, Global Economics & Management, Nettelbosje 2, 9747 AE Groningen, The Netherlands;2. University of Sussex, School of Business, Management and Economics, Falmer, Brighton BN1 9SL, UK;3. The University of Melbourne Faculty of Business & Economics, Victoria 3010, Australia;4. The University of Manchester, Alliance Manchester Business School, Booth Street West, Manchester, M15 6PB, UK;1. Department of Marketing, University of Missouri – St. Louis, MO, 63021, United States;2. School of Management, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’ an, Shaanxi, 7100049, China;3. Faculty of Business and Economics, University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong |
| |
| Abstract: | In their paper, Choi and Wu convincingly argue that owing to its focus on dyads, research in the supply chain management area fails to capture the complex dynamics of supply networks. Their solution to this problem is to replace the focus on dyads with a focus on triads. While it is easy to agree with Choi and Wu concerning the limitation of dyadic analyses in relation to understanding network processes, substituting triads for dyads may not be a viable alternative. Choi and Wu's claim that “… it is the triad that captures the basic essence of a network and allows us to study the behaviour of a network” (p. 3) opens up to questions regarding definitions of “a network” and views regarding how an understanding of network dynamics can be further developed. |
| |
| Keywords: | |
| 本文献已被 ScienceDirect 等数据库收录！ |
|
