SCHLEPER Martin C.
Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy in the UK (FHEA)
Martin C. Schleper is Professor of Supply Chain Management and Sustainability at NEOMA Business School. He received his PhD at the European Business School in Wiesbaden, Germany and worked at Nottingham University Business School and University of Sussex Business School, UK before joining NEOMA. Martin’s research investigates a variety of operational, sustainability, and ethical aspects in buyer-supplier relationships and global supply chains. His work has been published in top-tier journals, including Production and Operations Management, International Journal of Operations and Production Management, Journal of Supply Chain Management, Journal of Business Ethics, among others. From 2025 onwards, Martin will be the Co-Editor-in-Chief for the International Journal of Operations and Production Management. He also serves as editorial reviewer board member of various prestigious outlets. His teaching covers a variety of supply chain and sustainability courses at undergraduate, masters, and MBA level.
Areas of research
- Buyer-supplier relationships
- Sourcing
- Sustainability applied to OM/SCM
- CSR in global supply chains
- Business ethics
Recent academic contributions
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ASLAM, H., C. BLOME, M. C. SCHLEPER, A. RAMISH, S. BAJWA, "Investigating the supply chain agility–Innovation link: The role of organizational context", European Management Journal, February 2024
DOI : 10.1016/j.emj.2024.02.006 -
MATTHEWS, L., S. GOLD, M. C. SCHLEPER, "Broadening the Scope of OSCM Scholarship on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion: Justice, Paradox, and Dialectical Lenses", Production and Operations Management, March 2024
DOI : 10.1177/10591478241243384 -
HOLGADO, M., C. BLOME, M. C. SCHLEPER, N. SUBRAMANIAN, "Brilliance in resilience: operations and supply chain management’s role in achieving a sustainable future", International Journal of Operations and Production Management, April 2024, vol. 44, no. 5, pp. 877-899
DOI : 10.1108/IJOPM-12-2023-0953
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MOSHTARI, M., M. C. SCHLEPER, "Supervisors’ Power Sources and Doctoral Students’ Working Conditions: A Qualitative Study of Doctoral Supervision in a Developing Country", Studies in Higher Education, September 2024
DOI : 10.1080/03075079.2024.2408667 -
SCHLEPER, M. C., S. DUENSING, C. BUSSE, "Shifting the Context: Reviews and Research Agendas for Traditional, Reputational, and Societal Supply Chain Risk" Forthcoming Supply Chain Management: An International Journal
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MATOS, S. V., M. C. SCHLEPER, J. K. HALL, C. M. BAUM, S. LOW, B. K. SOVACOOL, "Beyond the new normal for sustainability: transformative operations and supply chain management for negative emissions", International Journal of Operations and Production Management, August 2024, vol. 44, no. 13, pp. 263-295
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HOLGADO, M., C. BLOME, M. C. SCHLEPER, N. SUBRAMANIAN, "Brilliance in resilience: operations and supply chain management’s role in achieving a sustainable future", International Journal of Operations and Production Management, April 2024, vol. 44, no. 5, pp. 877-899
DOI : 10.1108/IJOPM-12-2023-0953 -
MATTHEWS, L., S. GOLD, M. C. SCHLEPER, "Broadening the Scope of OSCM Scholarship on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion: Justice, Paradox, and Dialectical Lenses", Production and Operations Management, March 2024
DOI : 10.1177/10591478241243384 -
ASLAM, H., C. BLOME, M. C. SCHLEPER, A. RAMISH, S. BAJWA, "Investigating the supply chain agility–Innovation link: The role of organizational context", European Management Journal, February 2024
DOI : 10.1016/j.emj.2024.02.006 -
DELABRE, I., J. LYONS‐WHITE, C. MELOT, E. I. VEGGEBERG, A. ALEXANDER, M. C. SCHLEPER, R. M. EWERS, A. T. KNIGHT, "Should I stay or should I go? Understanding stakeholder dis/engagement for deforestation‐free palm oil", Business Strategy and the Environment, December 2023, vol. 32, no. 8, pp. 5128-5145
DOI : 10.1002/bse.3422 -
DUENSING, S., M. C. SCHLEPER, C. BUSSE, "Wildlife trafficking as a societal supply chain risk: Removing the parasite without damaging the host?", Journal of Supply Chain Management, April 2023, vol. 59, no. 2, pp. 3-32
DOI : 10.1111/jscm.12297 -
BEDNARSKI, L., S. ROSCOE, C. BLOME, M. C. SCHLEPER, "Geopolitical disruptions in global supply chains: A state-of-the-art literature review", Production Planning and Control, November 2023
DOI : 10.1080/09537287.2023.2286283 -
SAUER, P., M. E. SILVA, M. C. SCHLEPER, "Supply chains' sustainability trajectories and resilience: a learning perspective in turbulent environments", International Journal of Operations and Production Management, August 2022, vol. 42, no. 8, pp. 1109-1145
DOI : 10.1108/IJOPM-12-2021-0759 -
BLOME, C., S. MANNING, M. C. SCHLEPER, "Book review -The contest for value in global value chains: Correcting for distorted distribution in the global apparel industry", Journal of International Business Studies, October 2022, vol. 53, no. 8, pp. 1836-1840
DOI : 10.1057/s41267-022-00541-7 -
ALEXANDER, A., C. BLOME, M. C. SCHLEPER, S. ROSCOE, "“Managing the “new normal”: the future of operations and supply chain management in unprecedented times”", International Journal of Operations and Production Management, August 2022, vol. 42, no. 8, pp. 1061-1076
DOI : 10.1108/IJOPM-06-2022-0367 -
SCHLEPER, M. C., C. BLOME, M. STEVENSON, M. THÜRER, I. TUSELL, "When it’s the slaves that pay: In search of a fair due diligence cost distribution in conflict mineral supply chains", Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, August 2022, vol. 164, pp. 102801
DOI : 10.1016/j.tre.2022.102801 -
SCHLEPER, M. C., S. GOLD, A. TRAUTRIMS, D. BALDOCK, "Pandemic-induced knowledge gaps in operations and supply chain management: COVID-19’s impacts on retailing", International Journal of Operations and Production Management, May 2021, vol. 41, no. 3, pp. 193-205
DOI : 10.1108/IJOPM-12-2020-0837 -
TRAUTRIMS, A., M. C. SCHLEPER, M. S. CAKIR, S. GOLD, "Survival at the expense of the weakest? Managing modern slavery risks in supply chains during COVID-19", Journal of Risk Research, September 2020, vol. 23, no. 7-8, pp. 1067-1072
DOI : 10.1080/13669877.2020.1772347 -
HOFMAN, P. S., C. BLOME, M. C. SCHLEPER, N. SUBRAMANIAN, "Supply chain collaboration and eco‐innovations: An institutional perspective from China", Business Strategy and the Environment, September 2020, vol. 29, no. 6, pp. 2734-2754
DOI : 10.1002/bse.2532 -
SCHLEPER, M. C., C. BLOME, A. STANCZYK, "Archetypes of sourcing decision-making", International Journal of Operations and Production Management, January 2020, vol. 40, no. 2, pp. 117-143
DOI : 10.1108/IJOPM-07-2017-0397 -
MATOS, S. V., M. C. SCHLEPER, S. GOLD, J. K. HALL, "The hidden side of sustainable operations and supply chain management: unanticipated outcomes, trade-offs and tensions", International Journal of Operations and Production Management, December 2020, vol. 40, no. 12, pp. 1749-1770
DOI : 10.1108/IJOPM-12-2020-833 -
MEINLSCHMIDT, J., M. C. SCHLEPER, K. FOERSTL, "Tackling the sustainability iceberg", International Journal of Operations and Production Management, October 2018, vol. 38, no. 10, pp. 1888-1914
DOI : 10.1108/IJOPM-03-2017-0141 -
HOFMANN, H., M. C. SCHLEPER, C. BLOME, "Conflict Minerals and Supply Chain Due Diligence: An Exploratory Study of Multi-tier Supply Chains", Journal of Business Ethics, January 2018, vol. 147, no. 1, pp. 115-141
DOI : 10.1007/s10551-015-2963-z -
BUSSE, C., M. C. SCHLEPER, J. WEILENMANN, S. M. WAGNER, "Extending the supply chain visibility boundary", International Journal of Physical Distribution and Logistics Management, February 2017, vol. 47, no. 1, pp. 18-40
DOI : 10.1108/IJPDLM-02-2015-0043 -
FOERSTL, K., M. C. SCHLEPER, M. HENKE, "Purchasing and supply management: From efficiency to effectiveness in an integrated supply chain", European Journal of Purchasing and Supply Management, October 2017, vol. 23, no. 4, pp. 223-228
DOI : 10.1016/j.pursup.2017.08.004 -
GOLD, S., M. C. SCHLEPER, "A pathway towards true sustainability: A recognition foundation of sustainable supply chain management", European Management Journal, August 2017, vol. 35, no. 4, pp. 425-429
DOI : 10.1016/j.emj.2017.06.008 -
BLOME, C., K. FOERSTL, M. C. SCHLEPER, "Antecedents of green supplier championing and greenwashing: An empirical study on leadership and ethical incentives", Journal of Cleaner Production, May 2017, vol. 152, pp. 339-350
DOI : 10.1016/j.jclepro.2017.03.052 -
SCHLEPER, M. C., C. BLOME, D. A. WUTTKE, "The Dark Side of Buyer Power: Supplier Exploitation and the Role of Ethical Climates", Journal of Business Ethics, January 2017, vol. 140, no. 1, pp. 97-114
DOI : 10.1007/s10551-015-2681-6 -
BUSSE, C., M. C. SCHLEPER, M. NIU, S. M. WAGNER, "Supplier development for sustainability: contextual barriers in global supply chains", International Journal of Physical Distribution and Logistics Management, June 2016, vol. 46, no. 5, pp. 442-468
DOI : 10.1108/IJPDLM-12-2015-0300 -
SCHLEPER, M. C., C. BUSSE, "Toward a standardized supplier code of ethics: development of a design concept based on diffusion of innovation theory", International Journal of Logistics Research and Applications , December 2013, vol. 6, no. 4, pp. 187-216
DOI : 10.1007/s12159-013-0109-1 -
GRÖTSCH, V. M., C. BLOME, M. C. SCHLEPER, "Antecedents of proactive supply chain risk management – a contingency theory perspective", International Journal of Production Research, May 2013, vol. 51, no. 10, pp. 2842-2867
DOI : 10.1080/00207543.2012.746796