Professor Christine Harland
+44 (0) 1225 386153 
BA, PhD, FCIPS
Job Title:
Professor in Supply Management, Director, International Relations
Affiliated Research Centre:
Research group leader, Collaborative Research in Strategic Purchasing and Supply
Subject Group:
Research Interests
My specialist field of research is strategic supply management with particular interests including the development of the concept of supply strategy, an holistic approach to supply networks, formulation of strategy for supply networks, complex confederal public sector supply networks, international comparative studies of public procurement, the study of perceptions in supply chains, focus and roles in supply chains, e-procurement, and supply chain performance. I am co-Director of the research partnership with the NHS Purchasing and Supply Agency on supply strategy in the health sector helping to innovate service packages and redesign the supply network to serve end customers better, and to deliver government objectives.
Publications
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Knight, L.A., Harland, C.M., Telgen, J., Callender, G., Thai, K.V. & McKen, K.E. (Eds) 2007. Public Procurement: International Cases and Commentary. Routledge: London.
Johnston, R., Chambers, S., Harland, C.M., Harrison, A. & Slack, N. 2003. Cases in Operations Management. 3rd edition. UK: FT Pearson Education.
Slack, N., Chambers, S., Harland, C.M., Harrison, A. & Johnston, R. 2002. Zarzadzanie Dziatalnoscia operacyjna Analiza przypadkow. Warazawa Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN SA.
Johnston, R., Chambers, S., Harland, C.M., Harrison, A. & Slack, N. 2002. Cases in Operations Management. 2nd edition. London: Pitman. Republic of China version.
Refereed journal papers
Walker H, Harland C, Knight L, Uden C & Forrest S (2008) Reflections on longitudinal action research with the English National Health Service, Journal of Purchasing and Supply Management, 14(2):136-145. DOI: 10.1016/j.pursup.2008.02.003
Walker H & Harland C (2008) E-procurement in the United Nations: issues, influences and impacts. International Journal of Operations and Production Management, 28(9):831-857. DOI: 10.1108/01443570810895276
Bakker E, Walker H, Schotanus F & Harland C (2008) Choosing an Organizational Form: The Case of Collaborative Procurement Initiatives. International Journal of Procurement Management, 1(3):297-317. DOI: 10.1504/IJPM.2008.017527
Bakker EF, Zheng J, Knight LA & Harland C (2008) Putting e-commerce adoption in a supply chain context International Journal of Operations and Production Management, 28(4):313-330. DOI: 10.1108/01443570810861543
► older publications
Zheng J, Knight LA & Harland C (2007). An analysis of research in the future of purchasing and supply management. Journal of Purchasing and Supply Management. 13(1):69-83. DOI:10.1016/j.pursup.2007.03.004
Harland C, Caldwell N, Powell P & Zheng J (2007) Barriers to supply chain information integration: SMEs Adrift of E-Lands. Journal of Operations Management. 25(6):1234-1254. DOI: 10.1016/j.jom.2007.01.004
Zheng J, Bakker E, Knight L, Gilhespy H, Harland C & Walker H (2006). A strategic case for e-adoption in healthcare supply chains. International Journal of Information Management, 26(4):290-301.
DOI:10.1016/j.ijinfomgt.2006.03.010
Harland C, Lamming RC, Walker H, Phillips WE, Caldwell ND, Johnsen TE, Knight LA & Zheng J (2006). Supply management: is it a discipline? International Journal of Operations and Production Management, 26(7):730-753. DOI:10.1108/0144357061067221
Walker H, Knight L & Harland C (2006). Outsourced services and ‘Imbalanced’ supply markets. European Management Journal, 24(1):95-105. DOI: 10.1016/j.emj.2005.12.011
Caldwell ND, Walker H, Harland C, Knight LA & Zheng J (2005). Promoting competitive markets: the role of public procurement. Journal of Purchasing and Supply Management, 11(5-6): 242-251. DOI:10.1016/j.pursup.2005.12.002
Harland C, Knight L, Lamming R & Walker H (2005) Outsourcing: assessing the risks and benefits for organizations, sectors and nations. International Journal of Operations and Production Management, 25(9):831-850. (DOI): 10.1108/01443570510613929
Knight L & Harland C (2005) Managing supply networks: organizational roles in network management. European Management Journal, 23( 3): 281-292. DOI:10.1016/j.emj.2005.04.006
Knight L, Harland C, Walker H & Sutton R (2005) Competence requirements for managing supply in interorganizational networks. Journal of Public Procurement, 5(2): 210-234
Zheng J, Caldwell ND & Harland C (2004) Small firms and e-business: cautiousness, contingency and cost benefits. Journal of Purchasing and Supply Management, 10(1):27-39. DOI: 10.1016/j.pursup.2003.11.004
Harland C, Zheng J, Johnsen T & Lamming RC (2004). A conceptual model for researching the creation and operation of supply networks. British Journal of Management, 15(1): 1-21. DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8551.2004.t01-1-00397.x
Harland C, Brenchley R & Walker H (2003). Risk in supply networks. Journal of Purchasing and Supply Management, 9(2):51-62. DOI: 10.1016/S1478-4092(03)00004-9
Harland CM, Lamming RC, Zheng J & Johnsen TE (2002). A taxonomy of supply networks. IEEE Engineering Management Review, Fourth Quarter: 79-85. DOI: 10.1109/EMR.2002.1167286
Harland C, Lamming RC, Zheng J & Johnsen T (2001). A taxonomy of supply networks. Journal of Supply Chain Management, 37(4):20-27. DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-493X.2001.tb00109.x
Harland C & Knight LA (2001). Supply strategy: a corporate social capital perspective. Research in the Sociology of Organizations: Social Capital of Organizations, JAI Press, Elsevier Science Feb (annual), 18:151-183.
Harland C & Knight LA (2001). Supply network strategy: role and competence requirements. International Journal of Production and Operations Management, 21(4):476-490. DOI: 10.1108/01443570110381381
Book Chapters
Bakker E., Walker H. & Harland C.M. 2006 Organising for collaborative procurement: an initial conceptual framework. In Thai K. & Piga G. (eds.), Advancing Public Procurement Practice, Innovation and Knowledge-Sharing, PrAcademics Press
Harland, C.M., Johnsen, T,E., Zheng, J., Lamming, R.C. & Wynstra, F. 2005. Networking Activities in Supply Networks. In: Essig, M. (ed.) Perspektiven des Supply Management – Konsepte und Anwendungen Festschrift fur Ulli Arnold, 151-83. Germany: Springer-Verlag.
Harland, C.M., Knight, L.A. & Cousins, P.D. 2004. Supply relationships. In: New, S & Westbrook, R. (eds.). Understanding Supply Chains: Concepts, Critiques and Futures. UK: Oxford University Press.
Harland, C.M. 2002. Chapter 2 - Purchasing strategy process. In Day, M. (ed.) Handbook of Purchasing Management, 3rd Edition: 23-35, UK: Gower
Harland, C.M. & Brenchley, R. 2001. Risk in supply networks. In Blackmon, K., Brown, S., Graves, A., Harland, C.M, Lamming, R.C. & Maylor, H. (eds.) What Really Matters in Operations Management:306-318
