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Overview

Lutz Kaufmann is affiliated with the WHU-Otto Beisheim School of Management in Germany. Their research primarily spans the fields of Business, Management and Accounting as well as Social Sciences. Within these broad domains, Kaufmann has contributed to several subfields including Strategy and Management, Sociology and Political Science, Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management, Management Information Systems, and Marketing.

Their scholarly work addresses a range of topics, notably Qualitative Comparative Analysis Research, Supply Chain Resilience and Risk Management, Management and Organizational Studies, Environmental Sustainability in Business, Innovation and Knowledge Management, Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies, and Outsourcing and Supply Chain Management.

Kaufmann has published multiple papers in notable academic venues. Frequent publication outlets include:

  • Journal of Supply Chain Management
  • Journal of Operations Management
  • Journal of Purchasing and Supply Management
  • Academy of Management Proceedings
  • Journal of Business Logistics

Selected recent papers authored or co-authored by Kaufmann include:

  • "On making experimental design choices: Discussions on the use and challenges of demand effects, incentives, deception, samples, and vignettes" (2020), Journal of Operations Management
  • "Spillover effects of information leakages in buyer-supplier-supplier triads" (2020), Journal of Operations Management
  • "Configurational approaches to theory development in supply chain management: Leveraging underexplored opportunities" (2021), Journal of Supply Chain Management
  • "Social desirability bias in PSM surveys and behavioral experiments: Considerations for design development and data collection" (2021), Journal of Purchasing and Supply Management
  • "Expect the unexpected: toward a theory of the unintended consequences of sustainable supply chain management" (2020), International Journal of Operations & Production Management

Kaufmann frequently collaborates with other researchers. Co-authors with whom Kaufmann has published include:

  • Craig R. Carter
  • Katja Woelfl
  • Stephanie Eckerd
  • Leopold Ried
  • David J. Ketchen

Best Publications

  • Intangibles: A synthesis of current research

    Lutz Kaufmann;Yvonne Schneider

  • Social Sustainability in Selecting Emerging Economy Suppliers

    Matthias Ehrgott;Felix Reimann;Lutz Kaufmann;Craig R. Carter

  • Behavioral supply management: a taxonomy of judgment and decision‐making biases

    Craig R. Carter;Lutz Kaufmann;Alex Michel

  • Local stakeholders and local legitimacy: MNEs' social strategies in emerging economies

    Felix Reimann;Matthias Ehrgott;Lutz Kaufmann;Craig R. Carter

  • Reverse auctions--grounded theory from the buyer and supplier perspective

    Craig R Carter;Lutz Kaufmann;Stewart Beall;Phillip L Carter

  • Liabilities of Foreignness Revisited: A Review of Contemporary Studies and Recommendations for Future Research

    Nikola Denk;Lutz Kaufmann;Jan-Frederik Roesch

  • International supply relationships and non-financial performance—A comparison of U.S. and German practices

    Lutz Kaufmann;Craig R. Carter

  • Purchasing and Supply Management— A Conceptual Framework

    Lutz Kaufmann

  • A structured review of partial least squares in supply chain management research

    Lutz Kaufmann;Julia Gaeckler

  • Mitigating external barriers to implementing green supply chain management: A grounded theory investigation of green-tech companies' rare earth metals supply chains

    Johan Rauer;Lutz Kaufmann

  • Toward a Supply Chain Practice View

    Craig R. Carter;Tobias Kosmol;Lutz Kaufmann

  • Deciding on the Mode of Negotiation: To Auction or Not to Auction Electronically

    Lutz Kaufmann;Craig R. Carter

  • HOW TO DEMONSTRATE RIGOR WHEN PRESENTING GROUNDED THEORY RESEARCH IN THE SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT LITERATURE

    Lutz Kaufmann;Nikola Denk

  • Internationales Beschaffungsmanagement : Gestaltung strategischer Gesamtsysteme und Management einzelner Transaktionen

    Lutz Kaufmann

  • Environmental Development of Emerging Economy Suppliers: Antecedents and Outcomes

    Matthias Ehrgott;Felix Reimann;Lutz Kaufmann;Craig R. Carter

  • Handbuch Industrielles Beschaffungsmanagement

    Dietger Hahn;Lutz Kaufmann

  • Reducing uncertainty in supplier selection decisions: Antecedents and outcomes of procedural rationality

    Dominik F. Riedl;Lutz Kaufmann;Carsten Zimmermann;Johan L. Perols

  • Increasing the rigor of grounded theory research – a review of the SCM literature

    Nikola Denk;Lutz Kaufmann;Craig R. Carter

  • DEBIASING STRATEGIES IN SUPPLY MANAGEMENT DECISION-MAKING

    Lutz Kaufmann;Alex Michel;Craig R. Carter

  • On making experimental design choices: Discussions on the use and challenges of demand effects, incentives, deception, samples, and vignettes

    Stephanie Eckerd;Scott DuHadway;Elliot Bendoly;Craig R. Carter

  • You'll never walk alone: Why we need a supply chain practice view on digital procurement

    Tobias Kosmol;Felix Reimann;Lutz Kaufmann

  • Knowledge Management: Best Practices in Europe

    Lutz Kaufmann;Thomas Germer

Frequent Co-Authors

Craig R. Carter
Craig R. Carter Arizona State University
Janet L. Hartley
Janet L. Hartley Bowling Green State University
George A. Zsidisin
George A. Zsidisin University of Missouri–St. Louis
Lisa M. Ellram
Lisa M. Ellram Miami University
Chad W. Autry
Chad W. Autry University of Tennessee at Knoxville
Xiande Zhao
Xiande Zhao China Europe International Business School
David J. Ketchen
David J. Ketchen Auburn University
Richard Germain
Richard Germain University of Louisville
Elliot Bendoly
Elliot Bendoly The Ohio State University

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