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Theory of Agency in Supply Chain Finance: Taking a Hermeneutic Approach

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This article investigates theory of agency as a theoretical underpinning in the field of supply chain finance. Specifically, through a hermeneutic approach, the authors examine the development of the theory, its postulations and assumptions, and its use in the field of supply chain finance. This leads to three conclusions: the theory is currently adopted rather superficially; there is potential for further developments by investigating non-standard configurations; and there is an increasingly relevant set of articles in supply chain finance that seems to be positioned within the boundaries of the theory of agency but makes no mention of it.

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  1. Windesheim University of Applied Sciences, Zwolle, The Netherlands

    Luca Mattia Gelsomino, Ronald de Boer & Christiaan de Goeij

  2. University of Glasgow, Glasgow, Scotland

    Rob Dekkers

  3. University of Greenwich, London, England

    Qijun Zhou

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  1. Department of Industrial Engineering and Enterprise Information, Tunghai University, Taichung, Taiwan

    Chin-Yin Huang

  2. Adam Smith Business School, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK

    Rob Dekkers

  3. College of Engineering, De La Salle University, Manila, Philippines

    Shun Fung Chiu

  4. Universitatea Tehnica din Cluj-Napoca, Cluj-Napoca, Romania

    Daniela Popescu

  5. Department of Industrial Engineering, Universidad de Santiago de Chile, Santiago, Chile

    Luis Quezada

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Gelsomino, L.M., Dekkers, R., de Boer, R., de Goeij, C., Zhou, Q. (2023). Theory of Agency in Supply Chain Finance: Taking a Hermeneutic Approach. In: Huang, CY., Dekkers, R., Chiu, S.F., Popescu, D., Quezada, L. (eds) Intelligent and Transformative Production in Pandemic Times. Lecture Notes in Production Engineering. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-18641-7_30

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