TY - CHAP T1 - Social Networks: Dyads, Triads, and Networks. Y1 - 2022 A1 - Wu,Zhaohui A1 - Choi,Thomas KW - Supply Chain U2 - d U4 - 222077044736 ID - 222077044736 ER - TY - CHAP T1 - Social Networks: Dyads, Triads, and Networks. Y1 - 2022 A1 - Wu,Zhaohui A1 - Choi,Thomas KW - Supply Chain U2 - d U4 - 233879195648 ID - 233879195648 ER - TY - HEAR T1 - Toward a Theory of Nexus Supplier Y1 - 2013 A1 - Kim,Yusoon A1 - Yan,Tingting A1 - Choi,Thomas KW - Supply Chain JA - Production and Operations Management Society (POMS) CY - Denver, CO U2 - c U4 - 88028274688 ID - 88028274688 ER - TY - RPRT T1 - Supplier Relationship Management: An Implementation Framework Y1 - 2011 A1 - Kim,Yusoon A1 - Choi,Thomas A1 - Monczka,Robert M A1 - McDowell,C. P KW - Supply Chain CY - Tempe AZ U2 - d U4 - 37695043585 ID - 37695043585 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Taking the Leap from Dyads to Triads: Buyer-Supplier Relationships in Supply Network. JF - Journal of Purchasing and Supply Management Y1 - 2009 A1 - Choi,Thomas A1 - Wu,Zhaohui KW - Supply Chain AB - A 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? VL - 14 CP - 4 U2 - a U4 - 14028060673 ID - 14028060673 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Triads in Supply Networks: Theorizing Buyer–Supplier–Supplier Relationships JF - Journal of Supply Chain Management Y1 - 2009 A1 - Choi,Thomas A1 - Wu,Zhaohui KW - Supply Chain AB - Past 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. VL - 45 CP - 1 U2 - a U4 - 14028091393 ID - 14028091393 ER - TY - HEAR T1 - Structural Embeddedness and Supplier Management: A Network Perspective Y1 - 2008 A1 - Kim,Yusoon A1 - Choi,Thomas KW - Supply Chain JA - Annual Meeting of the Decision Sciences Institute CY - Baltimore, MD U2 - c U4 - 37706000385 ID - 37706000385 ER - TY - HEAR T1 - Missing Dimension in Buyer-Supplier Relationship Taxonomy Y1 - 2007 A1 - Kim,Yusoon A1 - Choi,Thomas KW - Supply Chain JA - Annual Meeting of the Decision Sciences Institute CY - Phoenix, AZ U2 - c U4 - 37706076161 ID - 37706076161 ER - TY - HEAR T1 - Rethinking Supplier Evaluation Practices: A Structural Embeddedness Perspective Y1 - 2007 A1 - Kim,Yusoon A1 - Choi,Thomas KW - Supply Chain JA - Annual Meeting of the Decision Sciences Institute CY - Phoenix, AZ U2 - c U4 - 37706043393 ID - 37706043393 ER -