Email: paul.cousins@mbs.ac.uk
Position
Head of SCMRG
Professor of Operations Management and CIPS Professor of Supply Chain Management
Subject area group
Decision Sciences and Operations Management
Biography
Paul is Professor of Operations Management and CIPS Professor of Supply Chain Management at Manchester Business School, The University of Manchester, and also Director of the Supply Chain Management Research Group. His career to date has spanned a range of business sectors from industry (Westland Helicopters & Sikorsky Aircraft), consulting (A.T.Kearney) to academia (University of Bath, The University of Melbourne, Australia and Queens University Belfast). It has led him to work in Europe, USA, and Australia. He has obtained over £1.5m in research grants and has conducted research and consultancy work for numerous firms across a range of industrial sectors at national and international level. He has published in a wide range of journals, including the Journal of Operations Management, Production and Operations Management, British Journal of Management and the International Journal of Production and Operations Management. He has also co-authored several books and research reports.Teaching and Research interests
His main research interests focus on the area of supply management: Strategic Supply Management, Environmental Supply and Inter-Organisational Relationship Management.Selected Publications
Books
"Strategic Supply Management: theories, concepts and practice", Pearson Education, 2006, Paul D Cousins, R C Lamming, B Lawson and Brian Squire"An Introduction to Operations Management: policies, practice and performance improvement", Butterworth-Heinemann: London, pp. 429, 2001, S Brown, Paul D Cousins, K Blackmon and H Maylor
"Value-added Relationships: strategies for creating and maintaining competitive advantage", Oxford University Press, pp. 469, 2000, P Hines, R C Lamming, D Jones, Paul D Cousins and N Rich
Chapters
"Supply Management", in Global Logistics and Supply Chain Management Handbook (ed. T Stank),Sage, US, 2005, Paul D Cousins and L M Ellram
"Supply Relationships", in Strategic Supply Management (eds. R Westbrook & S New),Oxford University Press, 2003, Paul D Cousins
"Evaluer la Perfromance des Supply Chains: mise au point", in Le Management des Achats (eds. J Castagnos & D Retour),PUG, pp. 111-128, 2002, Paul D Cousins
"Strategic Supply: managing networks", in Understanding Business Markets - 3rd edition (ed. D Ford),Wiley, pp. 128-158, 2001, Paul D Cousins
"Strategic Supply and the Management of Relationships", in Food and Drink Supply Chains in the Hospitality Sector (eds. J F Eastham, F Ball & E A Sharels),Butterworth-Heinemann: London, pp. 127-149, 2001, Paul D Cousins
"The Management of Supply as a Strategic Process", in Value Stream Management (eds. P Hines et al),Prentice Hall: Europe, pp. 189-202, 2000, Paul D Cousins
"Strategic Performance Measurement Systems", in Value Stream Management (eds. P Hines et al),Prentice Hall: Europe, pp. 225-271, 2000, Paul D Cousins
"Flying High: the Westland experience", in Cases in Strategic Operations Management (ed. D Taylor),Wiley, pp. 89-96, 1997, Paul D Cousins
"Partnership Sourcing a Misused Concept", in Strategic Procurement Management in the 1990s: concepts and cases - 2nd edition (eds. R Lamming & A Cox),Earles Gate Press, pp. 87-103, 1995, Paul D Cousins
Journals
"Knowledge Sharing in Collaborative Product Development: the impact of formal and informal socialisation processes", in Journal of Product Innovation Management,2007 (forthcoming),
"Sourcing Strategy, Supplier Relationships and Firm Performance: an empirical investigation of UK organisations", in British Journal of Management,2006 (forthcoming), Paul D Cousins and B Lawson
"Supplier Integration in New Product Development: the impact of socialisation mechanisms and performance measurement", in British Journal of Management,2006 (forthcoming), Paul D Cousins and B Lawson
"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
"Creating Supply Chain Relational Capital: the impact of formal and informal socialisation processes", in Journal of Operations Management,2005/6 (forthcoming), Paul D Cousins, R B Handfield, B Lawson and K J Petersen
"The Effect of Strategic Alignment and Socialisation on Inter-organisational Relationships", in Journal of Operations Management,2005/6 (forthcoming), Paul D Cousins and B Menguc
"An Empirical Model of Strategic Alignment for Supply and Firm Strategies", in International Journal of Operations and Production Management, Vol. 25, 5, 2005, Paul D Cousins
"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
"The Role of Risk in Environment-related Supplier Initiatives", in International Journal of Operations and Production Management, Vol. 24, 6, 2004, Paul D Cousins, R C Lamming and F E Bowen
"Supply and Operations - Parallel Paths and Integrated Strategies", in British Journal of Management,2004, S Brown and Paul D Cousins
"Obligation Exchanges as an Inter-organisational Strategy: a study of the UK automotive industry", in International Journal of Operations and Production Management, Vol. 23, 12, 2003, Paul D Cousins and M Crone
"Strategic Supply and the Management of Inter-firm Relationships", in Journal of Purchasing and Supply Management, Vol. 9, 1, 2003, Paul D Cousins and R Spekman
"Developing an Assessment for Environmental Supply Chain Analysis", in Business Strategy and the Environment,2002, A Faruk, R C Lamming, Paul D Cousins and F E Bowen
"Horses for Courses: explaining the gap between the theory and practice of green supply", in International Journal for Green Management, Vol. 35, Autumn issue, pp. 41-60, 2002, F E Bowen, Paul D Cousins, R C Lamming and A Faruk
"Analysing, Mapping and Managing Environmental Impacts Along Supply Chains", in Journal of Industrial Ecology, Vol. 5, 2, pp. 13-36, 2001, A Faruk, R C Lamming, Paul D Cousins and F E Bowen
"The Role of Supply Management Capabilities in Green Supply", in Production and Operations Management, Vol. 10, 2, pp. 174-190, 2001, F E Bowen, Paul D Cousins, R C Lamming and A Faruk
"A Conceptual Model for Managing Long-term Inter-organisational Relationships", in European Journal of Purchasing and Supply Management, Vol. 8, 3, 2001, Paul D Cousins
"It's Only a Matter of Confidence! A Comparison of Relationships Management Between Japanese and UK non-Japanese-owned Vehicle Manufacturers", in International Journal of Production and Operations Management, Vol. 21, 9, 2001, Paul D Cousins and E Stanwix
"Environmental Soundness: a pragmatic alternative to expectations of sustainable development", in Business Strategy and the Environment, Vol. 8, 3, pp. 177-188, 1999, R C Lamming, A Faruk and Paul D Cousins
"Supply Base Restructuring - Myth or Reality?", in European Journal of Purchasing and Supply Management, Vol. 5, 4, pp. 143-155, 1999, Paul D Cousins
"The Future of Supply", in International Journal of Operations and Production Management, Vol. 19, 7, pp. 650-673, 1999, R C Lamming, C Harland and Paul D Cousins
"Beyond Vendor Assessment: relationship assessment programme", in European Journal of Purchasing and Supply Management, Vol. 2, 4, pp. 173-181, 1996, R C Lamming, Paul D Cousins and D Notman
"Purchasing Partnerships, Technology and the Treasury Function", in Logistics Information Management, Vol. 7, 2, pp. 18-26, 1994, Paul D Cousins and A Birts
"Start at the Very Beginning", in Total Quality Management, Vol. 4, 2, pp. 89-93, 1992, Paul D Cousins
Conferences
"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
"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
"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
"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
"Collaborating for Customisation: a resource-based perspective", Mass Customisation and Personalisation World Conference, Munich, Germany, 2003, Brian Squire, S Brown and Paul D Cousins
"Developing and Evaluating Supply Relationships: putting theory into practice", in Proceedings of the Conference,Danish Purchasing and Logistics Forum, 2002, R C Lamming and Paul D Cousins
Edited Books
"What Really Matters in Operations Management", Bath Press, 2002, K Blackmon, S Brown, Paul D Cousins, S C Graves, C Harland, R C Lamming and H Maylor
