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Professor Mickey Howard

Professor Mickey Howard

Professor of Supply Management, Director of Research (Management)

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Streatham Court, University of Exeter, Rennes Drive, Exeter, EX4 4PU, UK

Mickey Howard is Professor of Supply Management at the University of Exeter Business School. His research interests include sustainable supply chain management, procurement of complex performance, and circular economy. This work is supported by industrial links with organizations such as the Ford Motor Co, Volvo Cars, Rolls Royce Engines, BAE Systems, Thales, Ministry of Defence, Hewlett Packard, Eden Project and Desso carpets, including numerous small-medium enterprises (SME) in the south-west of England. Since joining Exeter in 2009, he has launched an MSc in International Supply Chain Management and several purchasing & supply management modules for undergraduates and PGRs. He is the co-founder of the Circular Economy Business Forum (www.CEBF.co.uk) which seeks to engage with SMEs as they transition from wasteful linear thinking towards harnessing the benefits of material re-use, value co-creation and circular business advantage. Awards and prizes include a Dean’s prize for research excellence (University of Bath), numerous nominations for teaching by the Exeter Students Guild, a Chartered Institute of Purchasing & Supply research fellow scholarship, and recently an Institute of Supply Management shortlisted paper award from the Academy of Management.

Since gaining his PhD from the University of Bath, School of Management in 2004, Mickey has presented at numerous conferences (e.g. AOM, POMS, EUROMA, IPSERA, BAM) and prestigious Higher Education business institutions around the world including Harvard, Bentley, Copenhagen and Audencia Nantes. He is the co-author of several books, most recently the ACA-Bruel award winning ‘Purchasing & Supply Chain Management: A Sustainability Perspective’ (2014), Routledge UK, and ‘Procuring Complex Performance’ (2011), Routledge NY. To date he has supervised 5 PhD students to completion.

Qualifications

PhD (Bath), MBA (Durham), BA Honors (Northumbria)

Research clusters

Research interests

My research is based in operations & supply chain management and includes elements of innovation and information systems. It is grounded in the Theory of the Firm (e.g. RBV, NRBV, dynamic capabilities) and explores the inter-organizational challenges around process implementation, policy innovation and strategy for business change. I am currently engaged in the following research themes and would welcome quality research proposals from prospective doctoral students:

  • Procuring complex performance studies the temporal dynamics between manufacturing contractors and public buyer organizations as they adopt a through-life approach to managing the procurement of complex platforms and their support facilities (e.g. warships, dockyards). My 2011 edited book (with Caldwell) and 2014 IJOPM special issue on ‘PCP’ explored how buyers and suppliers co-evolve using contracts and trustful relationships to govern in-service support, maintenance and up-grades on complex platforms over extended, 50 year lifecycles. My recent work on triadic dynamics in the defence sector explores how the role of contractors as suppliers and government entities change over time. Different parties occupy the nodes of triads, where the role or functions of the principle and agents in the contract change over the lifespan in the development of a new warship. 
  • Sustainable supply chain management examines the role of purchasing and supply chain management in stimulating a more sustainable and circular economy. My role in the ‘Clear about Carbon’ project in Cornwall (2009-13) was to develop supply chain tools including lean mapping workshops which identify carbon hotspots and support the implementation process with new information technology systems. My ACA-Bruel award winning 2014 textbook (with Johnsen & Miemczyk) is the first to introduce a sustainability perspective across all aspects of international purchasing and supply chain management, including global sourcing, supplier relationships, supply strategy and risk.  
  • Circular business advantage - I co-founded the Circular Economy Business Forum in 2014 (with Whittaker & McCutchion) at Exeter to assist local firms in moving away from the ‘doing less harm’ approach and towards capturing or co-creating value from recycling, re-use, sharing, services and product life extension inherent to circular business advantage. I am the lead co-ordinator of a proposed 3 Million Euro Horizon2020 European research project with the Audencia Group, Politecnico di Milan and Fraunhofer IML on circular economy policy innovation. I am also supporting the Sustainability & Circular Economy Cluster on a number of forthcoming events and research grant bids.     

Key publications | Publications by category | Publications by year

Key publications

Johnsen T, Miemczyk J, Howard MB (2017). A Systematic Literature Review of Sustainable Purchasing and Supply Research: Theoretical Perspectives and Opportunities for IMP-Based Research. Industrial Marketing Management, 61, 130-143. Full text. DOI.
De Angelis R, Howard MB, Miemczyk J (2017). Supply Chain Management and the Circular Economy: Towards the Circular Supply Chain. Production Planning and Control Full text.
Miemczyk J, Howard MB, Johnsen T (2016). Dynamic Development and Execution of Closed-Loop Supply Chains: a Natural Resource-Based View. Supply Chain Management: an International Journal Full text. DOI.
Howard M, Wu Z, Caldwell N, Jia F, König C (2016). Performance-based contracting in the defence industry: Exploring triadic dynamics between government, OEMs and suppliers. Industrial Marketing Management, 59, 63-75. Full text. DOI.
Caldwell N, Howard MB (2014). Contracting for Complex Performance in Markets of Few Buyers and Sellers: the Case of Military Procurement. International Journal of Operations & Production Management. Special Issue: Procuring & Managing Complex Performance, 34(2), 270-294. Full text.

Publications by category

Books

Johnsen T, Howard MB, Miemczyk J (2014). Purchasing & Supply Chain Management: a Sustainability Perspective. UK, Routledge. Taylor & Francis Group.
Caldwell N, Howard M (eds)(2011). Procuring Complex Performance: Studies of Innovation in Product-service Management. New York, Routledge (Taylor & Francis Group).

Journal articles

Johnsen T, Miemczyk J, Howard MB (2017). A Systematic Literature Review of Sustainable Purchasing and Supply Research: Theoretical Perspectives and Opportunities for IMP-Based Research. Industrial Marketing Management, 61, 130-143. Full text. DOI.
De Angelis R, Howard MB, Miemczyk J (2017). Supply Chain Management and the Circular Economy: Towards the Circular Supply Chain. Production Planning and Control Full text.
Miemczyk J, Howard MB, Johnsen T (2016). Dynamic Development and Execution of Closed-Loop Supply Chains: a Natural Resource-Based View. Supply Chain Management: an International Journal Full text. DOI.
Howard M, Wu Z, Caldwell N, Jia F, König C (2016). Performance-based contracting in the defence industry: Exploring triadic dynamics between government, OEMs and suppliers. Industrial Marketing Management, 59, 63-75. Full text. DOI.
Caldwell N, Howard MB (2014). Contracting for Complex Performance in Markets of Few Buyers and Sellers: the Case of Military Procurement. International Journal of Operations & Production Management. Special Issue: Procuring & Managing Complex Performance, 34(2), 270-294. Full text.
Howard MB, Caldwell N (2014). Editorial to the Special Issue: ‘Procuring & Managing Complex Performance’. International Journal of Operations & Production Management, 34(2), 146-149. Full text.
Correia F, Howard MB, Pye A, Hawkins B, Lamming R (2013). Low Carbon Procurement: an Emerging Agenda. Journal of Purchasing & Supply Management(19), 58-64.
Yalabik B, Howard M, Carey S (2012). The Innovation Game: Lessons in Strategy and Managing Operations. International Journal of Operations & Production Management, 32(12), 1441-1459.
Lewis M, Brandon-Jones A, Slack N, Howard M (2010). Competing through operations and supply: the role of classic and resource-based advantage. International Journal of Operations & Production Management, 30(10), 1032-1058.
Fedorowicz J, Gelinas U, Gogan J, Markus L, Usoff C, Howard M, Vidgen R (2010). Modelling Physical Barriers to Inter-Organizational System Implementation Success. International of Information Technology & Management, 9(4), 365-388.
Howard M, Vidgen R, Powell P (2010). Strategies for E-Procurement: Auto Industry Hubs Re-Examined. International Journal of Information Systems and Supply Chain Management, 3(1), 21-42.
Howard MB, Powell P, Vidgen R (2010). Strategies for E-procurement: Auto Industry Hubs Re-Examined. International Journal of Information Systems & Supply Chain Management, 1(3), 21-42.
Lewis M, Howard M (2009). Beyond Products and Services: Shifting Value Generation in the Auto Supply Chain. International Journal of Automotive Technology & Management, 9(1), 4-17.
Johnsen T, Howard M, Miemczyk J (2009). UK Defence Change and the Impact on Supply Relationships. Supply Chain Management: an International Journal, 14(4), 270-279.
Stone G, Howard M, Miemczyk J (2008). Collaborative ICT Ventures: Implementing the Responsive Automotive Supply Network. International Journal of Automotive Technology & Management, 8(3), 239-253.
Miemczyk J, Howard M (2008). Managing Global Auto Operations: Supply Strategies for Build-to-Order. Supply Chain Management – an International Journal, 13(1), 3-8.
Howard M, Miemczyk J, Lewis M, Brandon-Jones A (2007). Implementing Supply Practice at Bridgend Engine Plant: the Influence of Institutional & Strategic Choice Perspectives. International Journal of Operations & Production Management, 27(7), 754-776.
Howard M, Squire B (2007). Modularization and the Impact on Supply Relationships. International Journal of Operations & Production Management, 27(11), 1192-1212.
Howard M, Vidgen R, Powell P (2007). Using QPID for collaborative investigation in a B2B industry setting. Omega: the International Journal of Management Science, 35(4), 451-464.
Howard MB, Miemczyk J, Graves A (2006). Automotive Supplier Parks: an Imperative for Build-to-order?. Journal of Purchasing & Supply Management, 1(14), 91-104.
Howard MB, Powell P (2006). Automotive e-Hubs: Exploring Motivations and Barriers to Collaboration and Interaction. Journal of Strategic Information Systems, 15(1), 51-75.
Howard MB, Powell P, Vidgen R (2005). Automotive Industry Information Systems: from Mass Production to Build-to-order. Journal of Cases on Information Technology, 7(2), 15-29.
Howard MB (2005). Collaboration and the '3DayCar': a Study of Automotive ICT. Journal of Information Technology, 1(20), 245-258.
Howard MB, Vidgen R, Powell P (2003). Overcoming Stakeholder Barriers in the Automotive Industry: Building-to-order with Extra-Organizational Systems. Journal of Information Technology, 18(1), 27-43.

Chapters

Howard MB, Jia J, Wu Z (2016). Operating. In Gosling J, Jeanrenaud S (Eds.) The One Planet Handbook.
Miemczyk J, Howard MB, Johnsen T (2014). Exploring product-service supply dynamics in the defence industry. In Essig M, Glass A (Eds.) Performance-based Logistics, Wiesbaden, Germany: Springer Gabler, 185-216.
Howard MB, Powell P, Vidgen R (2012). Strategies for e-procurement. In  (Ed) Information Technologies: Methods and Techniques., IGI Global.
Caldwell N, Howard MB (2011). Conclusions and commentary. In Caldwell N, Howard M (Eds.) Procuring Complex Performance: Studies of Innovation in Product-Service Management, New York: Routledge.
Bessant J, Howard MB, Caldwell N (2011). Product-Service Innovation: Reframing the Buyer-Customer Landscape. In Caldwell N, Howard M (Eds.) Procuring Complex Performance: Studies of Innovation in Product-Service Management, New York: Routledge.
Howard MB, Miemczyk J (2011). Supply Management in Naval Defence: the Case for PCP. In Caldwell N, Howard M (Eds.) Procuring Complex Performance: Studies of Innovation in Product-Service Management, New York: Routledge, 139-158.
Howard M, Caldwell N (2010). Introduction. In Caldwell N, Howard M (Eds.) Procuring Complex Performance: Studies of Innovation in Product-Service Management, Routledge. Abstract.
Miemczyk J, Howard MB (2008). Auto Supplier Park Strategies. In Parry G, Graves A (Eds.) Build to Order: the Road to the 5Day Car, UK: Springer-Verlag.
Howard M, Vidgen R, Powell P (2008). Automotive e-hubs: exploring motivations and barriers to collaboration and interaction. In Parry G, Graves A (Eds.) Build-to-order: the Road to the 5-Day Car, UK: Springer-Verlag.

Conferences

Howard MB, Roehrich J, Lewis M, Squire B (2017). Converging and Diverging Governance Mechanisms: the Dynamic Interplay of (Dys)Function. Academy of Management. 4th - 8th Aug 2017.
Howard MB, Miemczyk J, De Angelis R (2017). Towards the Circular Supply Chain: What future for Purchasing & Supply Management?. International Purchasing & Supply Education and Research Association. 9th - 12th Apr 2017.
Howard MB, Coles T (2016). A research agenda for the circular economy: SME integration in services-based supply chains. International Purchasing & Supply Education and Research Association. 26th - 31st Mar 2016.

Reports

Howard MB, Jeanrenaud S, Correia F (2012). Desso and the Cradle to Cradle Challenge: Rethinking Carpet as a Closed Loop Supply System. Cranfield, UK, European Case Clearing House (ECCH).

Publications by year

2017

Johnsen T, Miemczyk J, Howard MB (2017). A Systematic Literature Review of Sustainable Purchasing and Supply Research: Theoretical Perspectives and Opportunities for IMP-Based Research. Industrial Marketing Management, 61, 130-143. Full text. DOI.
Howard MB, Roehrich J, Lewis M, Squire B (2017). Converging and Diverging Governance Mechanisms: the Dynamic Interplay of (Dys)Function. Academy of Management. 4th - 8th Aug 2017.
De Angelis R, Howard MB, Miemczyk J (2017). Supply Chain Management and the Circular Economy: Towards the Circular Supply Chain. Production Planning and Control Full text.
Howard MB, Miemczyk J, De Angelis R (2017). Towards the Circular Supply Chain: What future for Purchasing & Supply Management?. International Purchasing & Supply Education and Research Association. 9th - 12th Apr 2017.

2016

Howard MB, Coles T (2016). A research agenda for the circular economy: SME integration in services-based supply chains. International Purchasing & Supply Education and Research Association. 26th - 31st Mar 2016.
Miemczyk J, Howard MB, Johnsen T (2016). Dynamic Development and Execution of Closed-Loop Supply Chains: a Natural Resource-Based View. Supply Chain Management: an International Journal Full text. DOI.
Howard MB, Jia J, Wu Z (2016). Operating. In Gosling J, Jeanrenaud S (Eds.) The One Planet Handbook.
Howard M, Wu Z, Caldwell N, Jia F, König C (2016). Performance-based contracting in the defence industry: Exploring triadic dynamics between government, OEMs and suppliers. Industrial Marketing Management, 59, 63-75. Full text. DOI.

2014

Caldwell N, Howard MB (2014). Contracting for Complex Performance in Markets of Few Buyers and Sellers: the Case of Military Procurement. International Journal of Operations & Production Management. Special Issue: Procuring & Managing Complex Performance, 34(2), 270-294. Full text.
Howard MB, Caldwell N (2014). Editorial to the Special Issue: ‘Procuring & Managing Complex Performance’. International Journal of Operations & Production Management, 34(2), 146-149. Full text.
Miemczyk J, Howard MB, Johnsen T (2014). Exploring product-service supply dynamics in the defence industry. In Essig M, Glass A (Eds.) Performance-based Logistics, Wiesbaden, Germany: Springer Gabler, 185-216.
Johnsen T, Howard MB, Miemczyk J (2014). Purchasing & Supply Chain Management: a Sustainability Perspective. UK, Routledge. Taylor & Francis Group.

2013

Correia F, Howard MB, Pye A, Hawkins B, Lamming R (2013). Low Carbon Procurement: an Emerging Agenda. Journal of Purchasing & Supply Management(19), 58-64.

2012

Howard MB, Jeanrenaud S, Correia F (2012). Desso and the Cradle to Cradle Challenge: Rethinking Carpet as a Closed Loop Supply System. Cranfield, UK, European Case Clearing House (ECCH).
Howard MB, Powell P, Vidgen R (2012). Strategies for e-procurement. In  (Ed) Information Technologies: Methods and Techniques., IGI Global.
Yalabik B, Howard M, Carey S (2012). The Innovation Game: Lessons in Strategy and Managing Operations. International Journal of Operations & Production Management, 32(12), 1441-1459.

2011

Caldwell N, Howard MB (2011). Conclusions and commentary. In Caldwell N, Howard M (Eds.) Procuring Complex Performance: Studies of Innovation in Product-Service Management, New York: Routledge.
Caldwell N, Howard M (eds)(2011). Procuring Complex Performance: Studies of Innovation in Product-service Management. New York, Routledge (Taylor & Francis Group).
Bessant J, Howard MB, Caldwell N (2011). Product-Service Innovation: Reframing the Buyer-Customer Landscape. In Caldwell N, Howard M (Eds.) Procuring Complex Performance: Studies of Innovation in Product-Service Management, New York: Routledge.
Howard MB, Miemczyk J (2011). Supply Management in Naval Defence: the Case for PCP. In Caldwell N, Howard M (Eds.) Procuring Complex Performance: Studies of Innovation in Product-Service Management, New York: Routledge, 139-158.

2010

Lewis M, Brandon-Jones A, Slack N, Howard M (2010). Competing through operations and supply: the role of classic and resource-based advantage. International Journal of Operations & Production Management, 30(10), 1032-1058.
Howard M, Caldwell N (2010). Introduction. In Caldwell N, Howard M (Eds.) Procuring Complex Performance: Studies of Innovation in Product-Service Management, Routledge. Abstract.
Fedorowicz J, Gelinas U, Gogan J, Markus L, Usoff C, Howard M, Vidgen R (2010). Modelling Physical Barriers to Inter-Organizational System Implementation Success. International of Information Technology & Management, 9(4), 365-388.
Howard M, Vidgen R, Powell P (2010). Strategies for E-Procurement: Auto Industry Hubs Re-Examined. International Journal of Information Systems and Supply Chain Management, 3(1), 21-42.
Howard MB, Powell P, Vidgen R (2010). Strategies for E-procurement: Auto Industry Hubs Re-Examined. International Journal of Information Systems & Supply Chain Management, 1(3), 21-42.

2009

Lewis M, Howard M (2009). Beyond Products and Services: Shifting Value Generation in the Auto Supply Chain. International Journal of Automotive Technology & Management, 9(1), 4-17.
Johnsen T, Howard M, Miemczyk J (2009). UK Defence Change and the Impact on Supply Relationships. Supply Chain Management: an International Journal, 14(4), 270-279.

2008

Miemczyk J, Howard MB (2008). Auto Supplier Park Strategies. In Parry G, Graves A (Eds.) Build to Order: the Road to the 5Day Car, UK: Springer-Verlag.
Howard M, Vidgen R, Powell P (2008). Automotive e-hubs: exploring motivations and barriers to collaboration and interaction. In Parry G, Graves A (Eds.) Build-to-order: the Road to the 5-Day Car, UK: Springer-Verlag.
Stone G, Howard M, Miemczyk J (2008). Collaborative ICT Ventures: Implementing the Responsive Automotive Supply Network. International Journal of Automotive Technology & Management, 8(3), 239-253.
Miemczyk J, Howard M (2008). Managing Global Auto Operations: Supply Strategies for Build-to-Order. Supply Chain Management – an International Journal, 13(1), 3-8.

2007

Howard M, Miemczyk J, Lewis M, Brandon-Jones A (2007). Implementing Supply Practice at Bridgend Engine Plant: the Influence of Institutional & Strategic Choice Perspectives. International Journal of Operations & Production Management, 27(7), 754-776.
Howard M, Squire B (2007). Modularization and the Impact on Supply Relationships. International Journal of Operations & Production Management, 27(11), 1192-1212.
Howard M, Vidgen R, Powell P (2007). Using QPID for collaborative investigation in a B2B industry setting. Omega: the International Journal of Management Science, 35(4), 451-464.

2006

Howard MB, Miemczyk J, Graves A (2006). Automotive Supplier Parks: an Imperative for Build-to-order?. Journal of Purchasing & Supply Management, 1(14), 91-104.
Howard MB, Powell P (2006). Automotive e-Hubs: Exploring Motivations and Barriers to Collaboration and Interaction. Journal of Strategic Information Systems, 15(1), 51-75.

2005

Howard MB, Powell P, Vidgen R (2005). Automotive Industry Information Systems: from Mass Production to Build-to-order. Journal of Cases on Information Technology, 7(2), 15-29.
Howard MB (2005). Collaboration and the '3DayCar': a Study of Automotive ICT. Journal of Information Technology, 1(20), 245-258.

2003

Howard MB, Vidgen R, Powell P (2003). Overcoming Stakeholder Barriers in the Automotive Industry: Building-to-order with Extra-Organizational Systems. Journal of Information Technology, 18(1), 27-43.

External positions

  • Chairman for the Disruptive Innovation Festival live presentation and panel session held simultaneously between Exeter and Yokohama University, Japan (2015)
  • Visiting Professor to the University of Bath, School of Management (2015-)
  • External Examiner (PhD) for Universities of Lancaster (2012), Surrey (2015), and Bath (2016)
  • Chairman for the advisory board of the ESF ‘Clear About Carbon’ project (2011)
  • Advisor to the Chartered Institute of Purchasing & Supply Education Executive
  • Reviewer for the Journal of Supply Chain Management, International Journal of Operations & Production Management, and Journal of Management Studies.