Email: brian.squire@mbs.ac.uk
Position
Lecturer in Operations and Supply Chain Management
Subject area group
Decision Sciences and Operations Management
Biography
Brian is a lecturer in the Decision Sciences and Operations Management Group at Manchester Business School. Prior to this he spent three years as a research officer and teaching assistant at the University of Bath, working on a project funded by the EPSRC. He joined MBS in 2005 and teaches Supply Chain Management and Operations Management at undergraduate, postgraduate and post experience levels. His areas of expertise include: strategic supply management, inter-firm relationship management, inter-firm knowledge transfer and theories of the firm.
Teaching and Research interests
Undergraduate: Level 2 Operations Management, Level 3 Foundations of Supply Chain Management, Strategic Supply Chain Management
Postgraduate: Supply Chain and Logistics Management (MSc Operations Management), Logistics and Supply (Engineering Doctorate)
Brian's research interests include: inter-firm knowledge transfer; supply chain risk management; environmental and ethical sourcing practices; manufacturing strategy; and theories of the firm.
Selected Publications
Books
"Strategic Supply Management: theories, concepts and practice", Pearson Education, 2006, Paul D Cousins, R C Lamming, B Lawson and Brian Squire
Journals
"Modularisation and the Impact on Supply Relationships", in International Journal of Operations and Production Management,Forthcoming (2006), M Howard and Brian Squire
"Supply Chain Management: theory and practice - the emergence of an academic discipline?", in International Journal of Operations and Production Management, Vol. 26, 3, 2006, Paul D Cousins, B Lawson and Brian Squire
"An Empirical Taxonomy of Purchasing Functions: a study of United Kingdom organisations", in International Journal of Operations and Production Management, Vol. 26, 3, 2006, Paul D Cousins, B Lawson and Brian Squire
"The Impact of Mass Customisation on Manufacturing Trade-offs", in Production and Operations Management,2005, Brian Squire, S Brown, J Readman and J Bessant
"Collaborating for Customisation: a resource-based perspective", in International Journal of Productivity and Quality Management, Vol. 1, 1, 2005, Brian Squire, Paul D Cousins and S Brown
"Mass Customisation: the key to customer value?", in Production Planning and Control, Vol. 15, 4, pp. 459-471, 2004, Brian Squire, J Readman, S Brown and J Bessant
Conferences
"An Empirical Taxonomy of a Strategic Purchasing Function: a study of United Kingdom organisations", International Conference on Operations and Supply Cahin Management, Bali, 2005, Paul D Cousins, B Lawson and Brian Squire
"Knowledge Transfer Within Inter-firm Collaborations: the moderating impact of trust and diffusion capability", Decision Sciences Conference, San Francisco, US, 2005, Brian Squire, Paul D Cousins and S Brown
"Knowledge Transfer Within Inter-firm Collaborations: the moderating impact of trust and diffusion capability", Academy of Management Conference, Hawaii, 2005, Brian Squire, Paul D Cousins and S Brown
"Modularisation and the Impact on Supply Relationships", Academy of Management Conference, Hawaii, 2005, M Howard and Brian Squire
"The Impact of Modularisation on Plant Flexibility and Business Performance", Production and Operations Management World Conference, Chicago, USA, 2005, Brian Squire and S Brown
"The Effect of Supplier Manufacturing Capabilities on Buyer Responsiveness", Production and Operations Management World Conference, Chicago, USA, 2005, Brian Squire, Paul D Cousins, B Lawson and S Brown
"The End is (Not Quite) Nigh! The Impact of Mass Customisation on Manufacturing Trade-offs", Production and Operations Management World Conference, Cancun, Mexico, 2004, Brian Squire, S Brown, J Readman and J Bessant
"What You Measure is Not Necessarily What You Get! The Effect of Socialisation on Relationship Strategy and Performance Measurement Setting", IPSERA Conference, 2004, Paul D Cousins, B Lawson and Brian Squire
"Customer Channels for Successful Product Customisation", International Product Development Management Conference, Dublin, Ireland, 2004, J Readman, Brian Squire, J Bessant and S Brown
"Collaborating for Customisation: a resource-based perspective", Mass Customisation and Personalisation World Conference, Munich, Germany, 2003, Brian Squire, S Brown and Paul D Cousins
"Negotiating Customer Value", EUROMA - POMS Joint Conference, Lake Como, Italy, 2003, J Readman, Brian Squire, J Bessant and S Brown