Plural forms: a bibliometric review

Authors

  • Luís Gustavo Mazzaro Escola Politécnica da Universidade de São Paulo
  • Roberta de Castro Souza Pião Escola Politécnica da Universidade de São Paulo

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5585/exactaep.v18n2.8951

Keywords:

Plural forms, Bibliometric review, Make and buy, Concurrent sourcing, Dual distribution, E-commerce.

Abstract

A balance between vertical integration and outsourcing remains relevant while technology and internet reshape supply chain strategies. Agency Theory, Transaction Costs Economics and Resource Based View aimed to explain “make or buy” decisions, but are still challenged to explain plural forms. A systematic review from the Web of Science™ database, using the CiteSpace software, was conducted to search for prevalent theories, research methods, researched industries and emergent topics. The findings included theories of integrative use, research concentrated on a few industries, franchise literature saturation and dual channel literature expansion. That the research on plural forms is quite mature in the large areas of management and economics, whereby theories of the firm used in isolation no longer increase the knowledge about the phenomenon. In the field of Supply Chain Management and Operations Management/Research, there is a growing interest in the study of e-commerce, using game theory and modeling.

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Author Biographies

Luís Gustavo Mazzaro, Escola Politécnica da Universidade de São Paulo

University of São Paulo

São Paulo - Brazil

Graduated in Mechanical Engineering at the Polytechnic School of University of São Paulo (POLI/USP) (1994), Master in Business Administration at the São Paulo Business School of Getulio Vargas Foundation (FGV/EAESP) (2014) and doctoral student at Production Engineering Department of the Polytechnic School of University of São Paulo. Professor at UNINOVE/SP

luismazzaro@usp.br

Roberta de Castro Souza Pião, Escola Politécnica da Universidade de São Paulo

University of Sao Paulo

São Paulo - Brazil

Assistant Professor at the Department of Production Engineering in the University of São Paulo, Brazil. Graduated in Economics (1995), Master in Production Engineering (1999) and PhD in Production Engineering at the University of São Paulo, Brazil (2005). Visiting fellow at the University of Sussex, the Institute of Development Studies (IDS), United Kingdom (2004). Post-doctoral at the Centre for Research into Sustainability (CRIS) of School of Management, Royal Holloway, University of London, UK (2018). Main research interests are sustainable supply chains, corporate social responsibility global value chain, and economics of organizations

robertacsouza@usp.br

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Published

2020-04-24

How to Cite

Mazzaro, L. G., & Souza Pião, R. de C. (2020). Plural forms: a bibliometric review. Exacta, 18(2), 401–419. https://doi.org/10.5585/exactaep.v18n2.8951