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Conference Object Achieving Sustainable Learning Through Erp Based Supply Chain in Vitro Laboratory(Elsevier Science Bv, 2011) Gocer, Aysu; Saatcioglu, Omur Yasar; Demir, Muhittin H.; Tuna, Okan; Baltacioglu, Tuncdan; Adali, ErmanIn order to enable sustainable learning, practical motivation behind every theory in consideration needs to be experienced extensively. The purpose of this study is to enhance sustainable learning on logistics and supply chain management through an in vitro laboratory environment in which real life supply chain structure is simulated over actual physical flows, and also through enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems, and then to measure the level of sustainability achieved. Research is conducted by including a group of students to a hands-on implementation through both physical and computerized applications in this representative business environment. To support the findings, surveys and focus groups are conducted. (C) 2011 Published by Elsevier Ltd.Article Citation - WoS: 17Citation - Scopus: 16Agility and Resource Dependency in Ramp-Up Process of Humanitarian Organizations(Emerald Group Publishing Ltd, 2019) Qing, Lu; Wu, Jie; Goh, Mark; De Souza, Robert; Lu, QingPurpose The ramp-up in humanitarian logistics operations is a stage when the demand surges, often at the start of an emergency. In response, agility is a key strategy used by the humanitarian organizations (HOs). However, the HOs are constrained by their existing resources and have to respond in the ramp-up process under their resource dependency. The purpose of this paper is to develop a framework on agility-building strategies used by HOs for the ramp-up. Design/methodology/approach This study applies both the dynamic capabilities perspective and resource dependence theory to humanitarian relief operations, and develops four testable propositions to explore the agility-building strategies of the HOs for the ramp-up process. A multiple-case study is conducted on six international HOs operating in Indonesia to verify them, in addition to an extensive literature search. Findings The case study shows that the human resource management, pre-positioning, standardization and supplier management of the HOs are all related to their resources and environment in the ramp-up process. The authors highlight the practical differences between the few super large, resource rich and centralized HOs with the second-tier HOs. Research limitations/implications - Given the small sample size and single country as the site of study, some findings may not be applicable to the other HOs or in other regions. Practical implications - The propositions could be applicable to other HOs operating under similar environments, and potentially to the commercial enterprises operating in a highly volatile environment with severe resource scarcity. Originality/value This study provides new insights into ramp-up operations and into how HOs build their agility and reduce their resource dependencies. Theoretically, the paper applies two established theories in the strategic management literature to a new field.Article Alışveriş Merkezleri Hizmetlerinde Engeller ve Savunmasızlık Kaynakları: Engelli Bireylerin Bakış Açısı(2023) Köstepen Özbek, Kübra Göksu; Yumurtacı Hüseyinoğlu, Işık Özge; Oflaç, BengüBu çalışmanın amacı, engelli bireylerin alışveriş merkezlerine eri- şimde ve alışveriş merkezinin içerisinde tecrübe ettikleri savunma- sızlık kaynaklarını araştırmaktır. Görme ve ortopedik engelleri olan katılımcılarla yapılan 20 yarı yapılandırılmış mülakattan elde edilen bulgular sunulmaktadır. Bulgular, gelişmekte olan bir pazarda engelli bireylerin karşılaştığı fiziksel engellere, sosyal ve duygusal engelle- re ve bunların sonucunda ortaya çıkan doğal, durumsal ve patojenik savunmasızlıklara işaret etmektedir. Savunmasızlık kaynağı, karşılık gelen savunmasızlık türüyle ilişkilendirilmektedir. Örneğin; yolla il- gili fiziksel savunmasızlık kaynağı, doğal ve durumsal savunmasızlık türü altında değerlendirilirken, insan kaynaklı duygusal savunmasız- lık kaynağı, kalıtsal ve patojenik savunmasızlık altında incelenmek- tedir. Bu çalışma, alışveriş merkezi erişimi ve içerisindeki hareket yetkinliğini kapsayarak, geniş bir perspektif sunarak mevcut literatüre katkıda bulunmayı amaçlamaktadır. Bunun yanı sıra, savunmasızlık literatürüne de katkı sağlamakta ve seçilen içerikteki savunmasızlık kaynaklarına yönelik daha yüksek bir farkındalık düzeyi oluşturmayı amaçlamaktadır.Article Citation - WoS: 242Citation - Scopus: 328Approaches To Managing Global Sourcing Risk(Emerald Group Publishing Ltd, 2011) Christopher, Martin; Mena, Carlos; Khan, Omera; Yurt, OznurPurpose - Global sourcing can bring many benefits to organisations, but it can also expose them to a number of risks. The purpose of this study is to understand how managers assess global sourcing risks across the entire supply chain and what actions they take to mitigate those risks. Design/methodology/approach - A multiple case study approach was used, involving 15 cases in seven different industries. Each case consisted of interviews with manager; directly involved in the global sourcing decision, supported by documentary evidence. A cross-case analysis was conducted to analyse patterns across different industries. Findings - The study revealed that most companies do not have a structured supply chain risk management and mitigation system. Nevertheless they do use a number of informal approaches to cope with risk. The paper proposes that a multidisciplinary approach is required when dealing with global sourcing risks. It presents a classification of risks covering four categories: supply risk, process and control risks, environmental and sustainability risks, and demand risks. Originality/value - The paper addresses a research gap concerning managers' approaches to assessing and mitigating supply chain risk in a global context. In this context, this study proposes a new categorisation for global sourcing risks and offers a characterisation of global sourcing risk mitigation strategies applicable to different industries.Article Citation - WoS: 5Citation - Scopus: 8Assessing Consumer Logistics Functions in Grocery Shopping: Evidence From an Emerging Market(Routledge Journals, Taylor & Francis Ltd, 2020) Hüseyinoğlu, Işık Özge Yumurtacı; Kotzab, Herbert; Kostepen, Kubra Goksu; Halaszovich, Tilo; Yumurtacı Hüseyinoğlu, Işık ÖzgeConsumer logistics (CL), focuses on the role of consumers in the logistical processing of goods for the purpose of consumption from point of acquisition to the point of disposal. The objective of this study is to test and validate the CL scale as introduced by Bahn, Granzin, and Tokman for grocery shopping in a previously unexplored country setting, namely in Turkey. Our findings show in contrast to Bahn et al. only six CL functions: information search, transportation management and materials handling, storage management & inventory needs assessment, contingent inventory operations & product acquisition, intra-household communication, and interdependent transportation operations. These six CL functions are more applicable for an emerging market, such as Turkey. These findings are consistent across the different socio-demographic characteristics in our sample.Article Citation - WoS: 57Citation - Scopus: 64An Attribution Approach To Consumer Evaluations in Logistics Customer Service Failure Situations(Wiley, 2012) Oflaç, Bengü; Sullivan, Ursula Y.; Baltacioglu, TuncdanThe primary goal of this study is to investigate the roles of expectations and purchase criticality on consumers' brand perceptions and attribution behaviors in service delivery failures. The provision of logistics services is often a crucial point in supply chain management that can influence brand perceptions of customers. Indeed, the level and the quality of customer service provided may determine whether the organization will retain existing customers or even attract new ones. As a consequence, a failure in logistics customer service and its effect on overall perceptions of a brand should not be underestimated. Furthermore, the involvement of a third-party logistics (3PL) company in this failure situation can create considerable shifts in the responses of consumers, especially in the attribution behavior for cause of failure. By applying scenario-based experiments, this study demonstrates the dynamics by which customer expectations, purchase criticality and 3PL companies affect consumer brand perceptions and attributions. The results suggest the presence of two expectation-based buffering effects in delivery failures. The first buffering effect is revealed in overall brand evaluation and repurchase intention, while the second buffering effect is observed in consumer brand attribution. The findings indicate that higher expectations may protect the brand and cause more attribution to the third-party service provider. Additionally, it is shown that criticality of the purchase has crucial impacts on brand evaluations and attributions.Article Beyond the Literature: a Comparative Analysis of Sustainability Benefits and Risks of Crowd Delivery Businesses in Research and Practice(Elsevier, 2025) Gocer, Aysu; Izcan, Elif; Vural, Ceren AltuntasCrowd delivery (CD) business provides an innovative service in managing the tension between delivery speed and cost, while providing work for individuals. While CD is recognized as a promising business in literature, consistently acknowledging its positive impacts on sustainability, real-world practices underscore the prominence of sustainability-related challenges related to managing CD volume, liability, security, trust, and environmental issues. This study aims to bridge this gap between research and practice in CD business sustainability by examining current practices against existing knowledge, investigating sustainability benefits and risks, and identifying discrepancies to understand the business's changing dynamics. In that respect, a multi-method approach is employed, combining systematic literature review (SLR) and semi-structured interviews. Comparative content analysis between research and field data identifies sustainability benefits and risks for CD businesses for environmental, social and economic dimensions and outlines different perspectives of academic studies and field data. This research sheds light on the evolving relationship between theoretical understanding and realworld implementation of the sustainability benefits and risks of CD business under four categories: (1) "research supported by practice", (2) "research/practice transformed", (3) "in practice only", and (4) "in literature only". These categories underscore the dynamic nature of sustainability in the context of CD businesses, demonstrating areas of convergence and divergence between research and practice and highlighting the need for ongoing development of theoretical frameworks to reflect real-world practices. The implications of this study have the potential to both guide academic research towards practical concerns and enable practitioners to improve CD business sustainability for all stakeholders.Article Citation - WoS: 7Citation - Scopus: 9A Bi-Objective Multimodal Transportation Planning Problem With an Application To a Petrochemical Ethylene Manufacturer(Palgrave Macmillan Ltd, 2018) Tokcaer, Sinem; Özpeynirci, ÖzgürThe aim of this paper is to analyze and improve the freight transportation plan by considering multimodal transportation with maritime, road, and railway transportation. We develop a bi-objective mathematical model, of which objectives are total cost and number of handling operations, an indicator for operational difficulty. The model decides on the optimal multimodal transportation plan including ship chartering and transportation mode decisions. We generate the Pareto frontier to allow an insight into the trade-offs in changing the transportation mix. We test the mathematical model on real-life instance of a petrochemical ethylene manufacturer located in Turkey, originally used in Ozpeynirci et al (Marit Econ Logist 16: 188-206, 2014). In addition to Ozpeynirci et al (Marit Econ Logist 16: 188-206, 2014), this paper considers a secondary objective and includes rail transport as a third mode in the multimodal transportation mix. In order to analyze the changes in ship chartering and mode selection decisions, we introduce three different scenarios and show that small changes in the transportation mode without restructuring the distribution network may result in significant savings.Article Citation - WoS: 10Citation - Scopus: 10A Branch and Price Algorithm for the Pharmacy Duty Scheduling Problem(Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd, 2016) Ceyhan, Gokhan; Özpeynirci, ÖzgürPharmacy Duty Scheduling (PDS) is the activity of assigning pharmacies to days during a planning horizon with the purpose of serving society outside regular working hours. In Turkey, pharmacies are retailers who operate during the working hours in weekdays. However, demand for medicine at nights, at the weekends and on holidays must be satisfied by allocating times to pharmacies to open at these times. The problem is a multi-period p-median problem with the additional problem specific constraints, and it is NP-Hard. In this study, we develop a branch-and-price algorithm to solve the PDS to optimality. We decompose the problem into single period problems and apply column generation on the decomposed problem. We propose several enhancements on the algorithm and conduct computational tests on randomly generated instances to compare the performance of the developed algorithm with the state-of art general purpose solver. The branch-and-price algorithm outperforms the state-of-art general purpose solver. (C) 2016 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.Article BÜTÜNCÜL KANAL (OMNI-CHANNEL) STRATEJİSİNİN İNCELENMESİ: GIDA PERAKENDECİSİNDEN BULGULAR(2017) Yumurtacı Hüseyinoğlu, Işık ÖzgePerakende sektörü ülkemizde ve dünyada oldukça hızlı gelişen sektörler arasında yer almaktadır.Perakende sektörünü dinamik kılan en önemli unsurlardan biri tüketici beklenti ve ihtiyaçlarının sürekliolarak değişmesi ve artmasıdır. Teknolojideki gelişmelerle artan ve ucuzlayan bilgiye erişim, perakendesektöründe başta perakendeciler olmak üzere bütün sektörü etkilemektedir. Perakendeciler, sonkullanıcılara daha iyi hizmet vererek müşteri sadakatini artırmayı ve yeni müşteriler kazanmayı böylecepazar paylarını güçlendirmeyi hedeflemektedirler. Günümüzde tüketiciler perakendecilere birçok kanalve temas noktası kullanarak ulaşmakta ve kesintisiz alışveriş tecrübesi sağlamaya çalışmaktadırlar.Bütün bu gelişmelere bağlı olarak, son yıllarda bütüncül kanal (omni-channel) stratejisi ortaya çıkmışve perakendeciler arasında rekabetavantajı sağlamak için önemli bir konuma gelmiştir. Ancak, bütüncülkanal stratejisinin perakendeciler tarafından nasıl uygulandığını inceleyen araştırmalar oldukça azdır.Araştırma temel olarak perakende sektöründe bütüncül kanal yönetiminin nasıl uygulandığını ortayaçıkarmayı hedeflemektedir. Bu bağlamda, sektörde rakiplerine göre daha yüksek pazar payına sahip birgıda perakendecisi bünyesinde odak grup yöntemi kullanarak bulgular elde edilmiştir. Elde edilenbulgulara göre bütüncül kanal stratejisinin uygulanmasında ve yönetilmesinde etkili olan dört temelbileşen bulunmaktadır; bunlar sırasıyla perakendeci bakış açısı, perakendecinin tüketici bakış açısı,büyük veri ve temas noktaları, lojistik ve en-iyilemedir.Article Citation - WoS: 320Citation - Scopus: 395The Causes of Food Waste in the Supplier-Retailer Interface: Evidences From the Uk and Spain(Elsevier, 2011) Mena, Carlos; Adenso-Diaz, B.; Yurt, OznurFood and drink waste is a significant problem for economic, environmental and food security reasons. Government efforts have focused on diverting waste away from landfill through regulation, taxation and public awareness. However, efforts to understand why waste occurs have been limited, particularly in the interface between retailers and suppliers. This research aims to address this problem by identifying the main root causes of waste in the supplier-retailer interface. The research is exploratory in nature as there is a paucity of studies focusing on food waste across the supply chain. Data were collected through 43 interviews with managers in food manufacturing, wholesaling and retailing in two countries: the UK (24) and Spain (19). Data from the interviews and supplementary documentation were analyzed using causal maps. This approach helped to identify the main root causes of waste which were categorized into three groups: (1) mega-trends in the marketplace, (2) natural causes related to the products and processes, and (3) management root causes on which practitioners have a direct impact. The paper discusses the root causes of food waste and good practices identified from the interviews. Differences between the UK and Spain are discussed, presenting potential learning opportunities for practitioners in these countries and highlighting opportunities for further research. (C) 2010 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.Book Part Citation - WoS: 2Comparison of Simulated Annealing, Interval Partitioning and Hybrid Algorithms in Constrained Global Optimization(Springer-Verlag Berlin, 2008) Pedamallu, Chandra Sekhar; Özdamar, LinetThe continuous Constrained Optimization Problem (COP) often occurs in industrial applications. In this study, we compare three novel algorithms developed for solving the COP. The first approach consists of an Interval Partitioning Algorithm (IPA) that is exhaustive in covering the whole feasible space. IPA has the capability of discarding sub-spaces that are sub-optimal and/or infeasible, similar to available Branch and Bound techniques. The difference of IPA lies in its use of Interval Arithmetic rather than conventional bounding techniques described in the literature. The second approach tested here is the novel dual-sequence Simulated Annealing (SA) algorithm that eliminates the use of penalties for constraint handling. Here, we also introduce a hybrid algorithm that integrates SA in IPA (IPA-SA) and compare its performance with stand-alone SA and IPA algorithms. All three methods have a local COP solver, Feasible Sequential Quadratic Programming (FSQP) incorporated so as to identify feasible stationary points. The performances of these three methods are tested on a suite of COP benchmarks and the results are discussed.Article Citation - WoS: 6Citation - Scopus: 7Compartmental Disease Transmission Models for Smallpox(Amer Inst Mathematical Sciences-Aims, 2011) Adivar, Burcu; Selen, Ebru SelinMathematical models are importants tool to develop emergency response plans and mitigating strategies for an anticipated epidemic or pandemic attack. With the objective of minimizing total number of deaths, total number of infected people, and total health care costs, mitigation decisions may include early response, vaccination, hospitalization, quarantine or isolation. In this study, smallpox disease transmission is analyzed with a compartmental model consisting of the following disease stages: susceptible, exposed, infectious, quarantined and recovered. Considering natural birth and death rates in a population, two models are developed to study the control and intervention of smallpox under the assumption of imperfect quarantine. First model is an ordinary differential equation (ODE) model assuming exponential distribution function and the latter is a general integral equation model with gamma distribution. Numerical results are provided and model results are compared to demonstrate the differences in the reproduction numbers, which can be described as the threshold for stability of a disease-free equilibrium related to the peak and final size of an epidemic.Article Citation - WoS: 3Citation - Scopus: 3Consumer Response To Recovery Efforts for Online Product Failures: an Empirical Study for Turkey(Routledge Journals, Taylor & Francis Ltd, 2016) Oflac, Bengu SevilThis study explores recovery satisfaction and repatronage-related differences for different levels and types of distributive, procedural, and interactional justice and tests the mediating role of recovery satisfaction in justice-repatronage relationships for online product failures. Results show that high levels of procedural and interactional justice increase recovery satisfaction and repatronage for the aforementioned type of failures. Findings also indicate that for online product failures, regarding distributive justice, refund creates more recovery satisfaction than exchange. Additionally, recovery satisfaction acts as a mediator between procedural justice and repatronage variables. This mediating role is also valid for the interactional justice-repatronage relationship.Article Citation - WoS: 3Citation - Scopus: 3Designing an Optimal Contract Mechanism in a Cellulosic Biofuel Enterprise(Springer Heidelberg, 2022) Tokcaer, Sinem; Onal, Hayri; Özpeynirci, ÖzgürEnergy security and environmental concerns resulting from fossil fuel consumption have led to important changes in the U.S. energy policy in the past two decades. One of those is the Renewable Fuel Standard that mandates blending biofuels, especially cellulosic biofuels, with conventional transportation fuels. This requires producing substantial amounts of biomass for which currently there is no established market. Potential producers would grow energy crops only if appropriate guarantees and economic incentives are provided. Similarly, cellulosic biorefineries need a guaranteed and steady flow of biomass at a low price. Biorefinery managers and biomass producers are independent decision-makers operating in a hierarchical order and have conflicting economic interests. We hypothesize a contracting mechanism between biomass producers and biorefineries to address this complexity and formulate the problem as a two-level optimization model. While being a realistic representation, the model is computationally challenging. To address this issue, we introduce a search algorithm based on the optimization theory to solve the optimal biomass price and biorefinery size. We apply this approach to a hypothetical cellulosic biorefinery located in the U.S. Midwest. We present numerical results of the model along with sensitivity analysis on some key parameters. The results show that: (1) current cellulosic biofuel subsidy provided by the US government is highly inadequate to support an economically viable enterprise, (2) distances between biomass producers and the biorefinery and risk-taking behavior of farmers are crucial factors, and (3) under the estimated yield and production costs, Miscanthus would be the main source of biomass.Article Determinants of Customers' Intention To Adopt Last Mile-Attended Service Points(Istanbul Univ, Sch Business, 2025) Oflac, Bengu Sevil; Ozcan, SedaThis study investigates the determinants influencing consumer intention relating to attended service points in last-mile delivery, which has received less attention than the unattended model. In this regard, we examine the effects of perceived value, online shopping delivery risk, and environmental concerns on attended service point (ASP) adoption. Survey data were collected from 299 consumers. We used the structural equation modeling approach by using AMOS software for data analysis. The results indicate that hedonic values associated with ASPs, last-mile incentives, and online shopping delivery risk are critical and positively affect customer attitudes, which turn into intentions toward ASPs. From a managerial perspective, this research offers several insights into e-commerce and logistics service provider companies' ASP penetration strategies in emerging markets. This study contributes to the academic body of knowledge by enriching the literature on the ASP model in last-mile delivery and investigating the determinants that impact consumers' attitudes and intentions to use ASPs in an emerging market context.Book Part The Development of Servitization Concept in the Era of Industry 4.0 Through SCM Perspective(IGI Global, 2021) Tabaklar, T.; Yildirim, C.The transition from goods-dominant logic to service-dominant logic has captured the attention of industries for decades now. Servitization is one of the concepts that enable organizations to make this transition by providing services along with their products and has become an important competitive strategy for organizations to survive in their ecosystems. Thus, in this chapter, the objective is to increase the understanding of servitization concept in the era of Industry 4.0 from supply chain management perspective. The content analysis methodology is used to examine articles that bring together servitization and supply chain management and to find out where servitization stands with regards to Industry 4.0 applications. The findings show Industry 4.0 applications during servitization operations are yet to develop, and accordingly, the chapter concludes with further research directions in relations to servitization and Industry 4.0 applications in the frame of supply chain management. © 2021, IGI Global.Article Citation - WoS: 16Citation - Scopus: 22The Doer Effect of Failure and Recovery in Multi-Agent Cases: Service Supply Chain Perspective(Emerald Group Publishing Ltd, 2018) Yildirim, Cansu; Oflac, Bengu Sevil; Yurt, OznurPurpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the doer effect of service failure (SF), good prior experience (GPE) and recovery on overall customer satisfaction and repurchase intentions for multi-agents in tourism service supply chain (TSSC). It specifically focuses on internal and external failure and recovery. Design/methodology/approach The study employs a 2x2x3 between-subjects experimental design with 12 diverse scenarios. It aims to examine the main effects of GPE and the interaction effects of SF and recovery on overall customer satisfaction and repurchase intentions. Findings The main findings show that consumers do not show favorable behavioral outcomes when they have GPE with an affiliated party. Results of the experiments demonstrate that for hotels, there is no interaction effect between failure and recovery regarding overall customer satisfaction and repurchase intentions; however, for travel agencies, an interaction effect has been found. This indicates that an internal failure (by travel agency) should be recovered internally to increase the behavioral outcomes for travel agency. However, if there is an external failure (by hotel) then the essential thing is providing a recovery. Originality/value Although the service literature covers failure and recovery in diverse contexts, these concepts are rarely studied from a multi-agent perspective in the service supply chain literature. In such a chain, a failure by a different party may remain unresolved, and this may create a positive effect on another party, if they provide recovery for the failure. This means that the doer of the failure and/or recovery (the party responsible from the failure and/or recovery) may have an impact on behavioral outcomes. However, previous literature has neglected to focus on the important issue of which entity/party performs the failure and/or recovery, and the effect on behavioral outcomes. By focusing on a principal-agent relationship in a TSSC, the study aims to address this research gap.Article Citation - WoS: 8Citation - Scopus: 8Drivers of and Barriers Against Market Orientation: a Study of Turkish Container Ports(Palgrave Macmillan Ltd, 2019) Gocer, Aysu; Vural, Ceren Altuntas; Deveci, Durmus AliPrivatization transforms the operations-focused and stakeholder-independent approach of container port management into a competition and market-oriented perspective. This integrates a marketing philosophy with the management of the overall port organization. In this way, ports become more responsive to market demand and create profitable and sustainable customer value, so as to achieve competitive advantage. This change is caused both by the evolving port governance systems, as well as by changing market demand, requiring ports to respond to the needs of the supply chains they serve. An increasingly prevalent logistics perspective in maritime transport is accelerating pressure on ports and other members of service supply chains encouraging them to adopt market-oriented strategies. Accordingly, the purpose of this study is to discover both the drivers and the barriers that container ports face while adopting market-oriented strategies. Taking Turkish container ports as the main unit of analysis, this article combines the Delphi method with fuzzy analytic hierarchy processing to identify the prioritized opinions of industry stakeholders. The results indicate that customer relations are perceived to be very important for container ports, in terms of communicating value-added services, and even more important than economic concerns or possessing market knowledge. Often, however, ports define their customers within a limited scope, and fail to adopt a supply chain perspective. Therefore, new strategies, such as market resegmentation including support service providers, or evaluating end-customer demands by analyzing supply chains that include port services, should be developed to eliminate the prioritized barriers. Drivers, such as collecting market information, or building market-oriented teams, can be used more effectively to make market orientation a new competition tool for all ports. Finally, our results provide new variables to scholars studying port marketing and put forward recommendations for testing the relationships between these variables.Article Citation - WoS: 5Citation - Scopus: 5Drivers of Geographical Indication Food Supply Chain Performance: a B2b Network Perspective(Emerald Group Publishing Ltd, 2024) Polater, Abdussamet; Yumurtacı Hüseyinoğlu, Işık Özge; Kingshott, Russel P. J.; Schepis, Daniel; Huseyinoglu, Isik Ozge YumurtaciPurposeThis study aims to examine the role relational dynamics, grounded in the theories of social exchange and social capital, play within the context of geographic indication (GI) food supply chain network (FSCN) performance.Design/methodology/approachA total of 30 qualitative interviews were undertaken with key informant stakeholders across a variety of organizations within Turkish GI FSCNs. An open, axial and selective grounded theory coding process was used for the analysis, teasing out critical themes that underpinned the conceptual framework.FindingsThe findings identify the formal and informal mechanisms which govern GI FSCNs. These two forms of governance mechanisms influence network performance, which was found to comprise logistics, production, business and socio-economic performance dimensions. Transparency, GI traceability, trust and psychological contract violations were found to mediate the link between governance and network performance outcomes.Originality/valueTo the best of the authors' knowledge, this study is the first to explore GI FSCNs from the perspective of relationship marketing and through the lens of social exchange and social capital theory. Accordingly, both academics and practitioners can benefit from the study, as it unveils relevant relational factors underpinning such networks.

