A Taxonomy of Supply Networks
基于多学科文献和汽车、快消品等行业的实证数据，提出按动态性和核心企业影响力两个维度划分的四类供应网络，并描述每类的特征与活动模式。
SUMMARY There has been limited research into how different types of supply networks can be created and operated. This article develops a taxonomy of supply networks with a particular focus on managing network creation and operation. The taxonomy is based on a review of network literature from various academic perspectives and extensive empirical data across a variety of industry sectors including automotive, fast‐moving consumer goods, electronics, pharmaceuticals, and communications technologies. The main differentiating factors for classifying a matrix of four types of supply network are found to be the degree of supply network dynamics and the degree of focal company supply network influence. Network characteristics and different patterns ofnetworking activities are identified for each type of supply network.