00404nas a2200121 4500008004100000245005000041210004600091260000900137653001700146100001600163700001700179856008600196 2022 eng d00aSocial Networks: Dyads, Triads, and Networks.0 aSocial Networks Dyads Triads and Networks c202210aSupply Chain1 aWu, Zhaohui1 aChoi, Thomas u/biblio/social-networks-dyads-triads-and-networks00406nas a2200121 4500008004100000245005000041210004600091260000900137653001700146100001600163700001700179856008800196 2022 eng d00aSocial Networks: Dyads, Triads, and Networks.0 aSocial Networks Dyads Triads and Networks c202210aSupply Chain1 aWu, Zhaohui1 aChoi, Thomas u/biblio/social-networks-dyads-triads-and-networks-000415nas a2200133 4500008004100000245003800041210003800079260002100117653001700138100001600155700001800171700001700189856007500206 2013 eng d00aToward a Theory of Nexus Supplier0 aToward a Theory of Nexus Supplier aDenver, COc201310aSupply Chain1 aKim, Yusoon1 aYan, Tingting1 aChoi, Thomas u/biblio/toward-theory-nexus-supplier-000534nas a2200145 4500008004100000245006600041210006500107260001900172653001700191100001600208700001700224700002300241700002000264856010400284 2011 eng d00aSupplier Relationship Management: An Implementation Framework0 aSupplier Relationship Management An Implementation Framework aTempe AZc201110aSupply Chain1 aKim, Yusoon1 aChoi, Thomas1 aMonczka, Robert, M1 aMcDowell, C., P u/biblio/supplier-relationship-management-implementation-framework-001606nas a2200157 4500008004100000245009000041210006900131260000900200300002100209490000700230520104600237653001701283100001701300700001601317856011501333 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 u/biblio/taking-leap-dyads-triads-buyer-supplier-relationships-supply-network-001468nas a2200157 4500008004100000245008200041210006900123260000900192300003500201490000700236520090300243653001701146100001701163700001601180856011401196 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 u/biblio/triads-supply-networks-theorizing-buyersuppliersupplier-relationships00495nas a2200121 4500008004100000245007500041210006900116260002400185653001700209100001600226700001700242856011400259 2008 eng d00aStructural Embeddedness and Supplier Management: A Network Perspective0 aStructural Embeddedness and Supplier Management A Network Perspe aBaltimore, MDc200810aSupply Chain1 aKim, Yusoon1 aChoi, Thomas u/biblio/structural-embeddedness-and-supplier-management-network-perspective-200459nas a2200121 4500008004100000245006200041210006100103260002200164653001700186100001600203700001700219856010100236 2007 eng d00aMissing Dimension in Buyer-Supplier Relationship Taxonomy0 aMissing Dimension in BuyerSupplier Relationship Taxonomy aPhoenix, AZc200710aSupply Chain1 aKim, Yusoon1 aChoi, Thomas u/biblio/missing-dimension-buyer-supplier-relationship-taxonomy-000511nas a2200121 4500008004100000245008400041210006900125260002200194653001700216100001600233700001700249856012300266 2007 eng d00aRethinking Supplier Evaluation Practices: A Structural Embeddedness Perspective0 aRethinking Supplier Evaluation Practices A Structural Embeddedne aPhoenix, AZc200710aSupply Chain1 aKim, Yusoon1 aChoi, Thomas u/biblio/rethinking-supplier-evaluation-practices-structural-embeddedness-perspective-0