Dr Susan Grant

Susan‘s research interests lie in the area of lean and agile supply chains across manufacturing and service sectors. Her recent research has focused on the tension between opportunism and forbearance in buyer –supplier ‘partnerships’; the impact of market culture on attitudes and behaviours across supply chain players; and on the generation of values such as trust in global supply chain relationships. She is currently involved in a number of collaborative projects with researchers across management and engineering disciplines in the area of global supply chain management, and has published widely in the area.

Susan holds a PhD from Henley Management College and has been involved in the Lean Aerospace Initiative at Cranfield School of Management specialising in lean supply chain management within the domestic and international aerospace markets. Susan is a lecturer and Course director on the MSc Engineering Management within the School of Engineering and Design and a member of the Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply (CIPS).

Publications

Journal Papers

(2011) Grant, S. and Mousavi, A., The development of opportunism in cross-sector alliances, International Journal of Manufacturing Research 6 (3) : 277-289

(2009) Grant, SB., Developing a market oriented culture - an aerospace case study, International Journal of Services and Operations Management 5 (2) : 209- 232

(2009) Pezeshki, V., Mousavi, A. and Grant, S., Importance-performance analysis of service attributes and its impact on decision making in the mobile telecommunication industry, Measuring Business Excellence 13 (1) : 82- 92

(2009) Grant, SB., The impact of market group culture on the appearance of post contractual opportunism in supply chain 'partnerships', International Journal of Services and Operations Management 5 (1) : 94- 119

(2008) Gupta, S., Grant, S. and Melewar, TC., The expanding role of intangible assets of the brand, Management Decision 46 (6) : 948- 960

(2007) Grant, SB., Vulnerability to post contractual opportunism in supply chain co-operative exchange, Marketing Management Journal 17 (2) : 169- 189 Download publication

(2005) Grant, SB., Supply chain restructuring in UK aerospace, Marketing Management Journal 15 (2) : 158- 164

(2003) Grant, SB., Early supplier involvement in new product development within the UK aerospace industry, International Journal of Electronic Business 1 (4) : 329- 346

(2002) Grant, SB., Case methodology and preliminary findings of lean practice in the UK aerospace industry, International Journal of Aerospace Management 1 (4) : 315- 328

Conference Papers

(2009) Grant, SB., Supply chain orientation in UK machine tool manufacturing SME’s, 16th International Annual EurOMA Conference

(2008) Grant, SB., The impact of industry group culture on the development of opportunism in cross-sector alliances, 6th International Conference on Manufacturing Research Download publication

(2006) Grant, S., "Post contractual Opportunism in Supply Chain Partnerships: The role of market culture", IPSERA 16th Annual Conference

(2005) Grant, S., "Supply Chain restructuring in UK Aerospace", Marketing Management Association Conference

(2000) Grant, S., “Competitive and Co-operative motives in Supply Chain Partnerships”, Fifth International Symposium on Logistics 2000

(1999) Grant, S., ‘‘Case Study Methodology Used on the UK Lean Aerospace Initiative’’, Fourth International Symposium on Logistics

(1999) Grant, S., “Mixed Motives in Supply Chain Partnerships’’, IPSERA 8th Annual Conference

Book Chapters

(2009) Grant, S., The impact of industry group culture on the development of opportunism in cross-sector alliances. In: Rao, M. ed. Cross Sector Partnerships: An Altruistic Legacy. Icfai University Press