Ade Oyedijo

Professional Summary

Adegboyega (Ade) Oyedijo is an award-winning scholar who currently works as an assistant professor in the Department of Management at Baylor University's Hankamer School of Business. Prior to joining Baylor, he spent 15 years in the United Kingdom and worked at various institutions, most recently as an associate professor of Operations and Supply Chain Management at the University of Leicester. 

Through a supply chain management perspective, his research and scholarship tackle important challenges confronting organizations, policymakers, consumers, and other stakeholders today such as food production and security, ethical and responsible sourcing, sustainability, and healthcare delivery. His work has been recognized by policymakers (e.g., UK Parliament), practitioners (e.g., The Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport), international organizations (e.g., The World Economic Forum), and received external funding (e.g., from The British Academy). He has published in reputable academic and practitioner journals such as Supply Chain Management: An International Journal, International Journal of Production Research, Tourism Management, Production Planning and Control, and The Conversation.

Oyedijo is an agenda contributor at the World Economic Forum, where he plays a role in shaping the global agenda on sustainable supply chain management. He currently serves as regional editor (Africa) for the Journal of Supply Chain Management and an editorial review board member of the Journal of Purchasing and Supply Management. He is the founder and director of the Society of Black Academics – The UK’s leading voice and community for inclusive change in the higher education sector and the current director of the IPSERA Africa Initiative – a platform facilitating the collaborative creation of knowledge among purchasing and supply management scholars in Africa.

Prior to his academic career, Oyedijo worked in logistics and transport for TNT Express and FedEx (UK and Ireland), where he was part of a team that managed the global distribution of complex commodities.

Education

• PhD, Business and Management (Area of emphasis: Procurement and Supply Chain Management), Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, England, United Kingdom
• Pg. Cert. in Research Training, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, England, United Kingdom
• MSc in Operations and Supply Chain Management, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, England, United Kingdom
• BA (Hons) in Business and Management Studies, University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield, England, United Kingdom

Courses

• MGT 4345 – Global Supply Chain Management 
• MGT 3324 – Operations Management 

Research Interests

• Sustainable Supply Chain Management
• Responsible and Ethical Supply Chains
• Multi-tier Supplier Networks 

Selected Publications

• Oyedijo, A., and Akenroye, T., Bukoye, T., Yang, Y. (2024). Here's how we make the $9 trillion global food supply chain sustainable. World Economic Forum. Access: https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2024/08/food-supply-chain-networks-why-sustainable-practices-fail-and-approaches-to-improve-them/ 
• Yang, Y., Yang, B., Aiken, E., Wylie, J., Cadden, T., and Oyedijo, A. (2024). Embedding corporate social responsibility in small and medium-sized enterprises: a framework for successful implementation and value creation through employee engagement. Production Planning and Control, 35(8), 794-807, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/09537287.2024.2358031 
• Oyedijo, A., Kusi-Sarpong, S., Mubarik, M.S., Khan, S.A. and Utulu, K. (2023). Multi-tier sustainable supply chain management: a case study of a global food retailer. Supply Chain Management: An International Journal, 29(1), 68-97. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/SCM-05-2022-0205 
• Akenroye, T., Oyedijo, A., Rajan, V. C., Zsidisin, G., Mkansi, M., and El Baz, J. (2023). Connecting the dots: uncovering the relationships between challenges confronting Africa's organ transplant supply chain systems. Supply Chain Management: An International Journal, 28(7), 43-61. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/SCM-12-2022-0457 
• Oyedijo, A., Koukpaki, S., Kusi-Sarpong, S., Alfarsi, F., and Yang, Y. (2021). Restraining forces and drivers of supply chain collaboration: evidence from an emerging market. Supply Chain Management: An International Journal, 27(3), 409-430. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/SCM-06-2020-0263 
• Oyedijo, A., Yang, Y., Koukpaki, S., and Mishra, N. (2021). The role of fairness in multi-tier sustainable supply chains. International Journal of Production Research, 1-25. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/00207543.2021.1928319