00419nas a2200133 4500008004100000245003800041210003800079260002100117653001700138100001600155700001800171700001700189856007900206 2013 eng d00aToward a Theory of Nexus Supplier0 aToward a Theory of Nexus Supplier aDenver, COc201310aSupply Chain1 aKim, Yusoon1 aYan, Tingting1 aChoi, Thomas uhttps://dev.business.oregonstate.edu/biblio/toward-theory-nexus-supplier-001610nas a2200157 4500008004100000245009000041210006900131260000900200300002100209490000700230520104600237653001701283100001701300700001601317856011901333 2009 eng d00aTaking the Leap from Dyads to Triads: Buyer-Supplier Relationships in Supply Network.0 aTaking the Leap from Dyads to Triads BuyerSupplier Relationships c2009 a263-266, 269-2700 v143 aA network is made up of nodes and links. The smallest unit that consists of both these network elements is a dyad made up of two nodes (a buyer and a supplier) and the link that connects them (a buyer–supplier relationship).

Naturally, the focus of the supply chain management literature has been on this dyad. For instance, a buyer affects a supplier through its supplier evaluation and certificate programs, as well as long-term agreement practices. The relationship between a buyer and its supplier has been characterized as cooperative or adversarial. We have learned a great deal about supply chains through such studies in dyadic context.

However, we submit that in a network, a dyad is not the smallest unit of a network. In fact, the smallest unit is a triad, made up of three nodes and the links that connect them. If so, how would this recognition guide us as we move forward to investigate supply chains as a network? What would be its implications to the genre of the literature on buyer–supplier relationships?10aSupply Chain1 aChoi, Thomas1 aWu, Zhaohui uhttps://dev.business.oregonstate.edu/biblio/taking-leap-dyads-triads-buyer-supplier-relationships-supply-network-001472nas a2200157 4500008004100000245008200041210006900123260000900192300003500201490000700236520090300243653001701146100001701163700001601180856011801196 2009 eng d00aTriads in Supply Networks: Theorizing Buyer–Supplier–Supplier Relationships0 aTriads in Supply Networks Theorizing Buyer Supplier Supplier Rel c2009 a8-25 JSCM Best Paper Runner-up0 v453 aPast studies in supply chain management have focused on dyadic relationships (e.g., buyer–supplier), as all relationships in a network begin with a dyad. However, dyads do not capture the essence of a network. We posit in this paper that triads are the fundamental building blocks of a network. To begin considering triads in supply networks, we build on two extant bodies of literature — the buyer–supplier relationship and supplier–supplier relationship literature which offer us the context of buyer–supplier–supplier triads. By doing so, we are taking the first step toward cracking the internal dynamics of triads in supply networks. To build theoretical propositions, we apply balance theory and the structural-hole concept. We identify nine triadic archetypes of buyer–supplier–supplier relationships and state key propositions that aid in decision making in supply networks.10aSupply Chain1 aChoi, Thomas1 aWu, Zhaohui uhttps://dev.business.oregonstate.edu/biblio/triads-supply-networks-theorizing-buyersuppliersupplier-relationships