Dr Sadaat Yawar

Assistant Professor

Department: Newcastle Business School

Sadaat holds a master in international business and consumer studies and a PhD from the Kassel University, Germany. He has done his post-doc at Aalto University, Finland. He worked as an Assistant Professor at IIM, Visakhapatnam, India before joining Northumbria University. His research interests are buyer-supplier relationships, sustainability, supply chain managemnet, global production networks and industry 4.0. Sadaat has published in top ranked ABS journals in field of supply chain, logistics and operations management. He works with both qualitative and quantitative methods.

Sadaat has also secured external funding from various external organisations and contiunes to work at the intersection of supply chain managment, sustainaiblity, technology and production networks.

Email Sadaat

Key Publications

Please visit the Pure Research Information Portal for further information
Barriers to women’s participation and contribution in the process manufacturing industry: Managerial insights from multiple case studies in an emerging economy, Farrukh, A., Mehddi, A., Sajjad, A., Yawar, S. 1 Sep 2025, In: Journal of Management and Organization
Inside the world of stepsiblings: Linking global production networks to sustainable supply chain management, Yawar, S., Seuring, S. 1 Feb 2024, In: Business Strategy and the Environment
The complexities of digitising spare parts manufacturing supply chains – Using the VIPLAN methodology to facilitate within a problem situation, Small, A., Shokri, A., Martins Sa, M., Yawar, S., Ada-Ibrama, O. 10 Sep 2024, OR66
Circular economy and second-hand firms: Integrating ownership structures, Yawar, S., Kuula, M. 1 Dec 2021, In: Cleaner Logistics and Supply Chain
Reviewing and conceptualising supplier development, Yawar, S., Seuring, S. 24 Jul 2020, In: Benchmarking: An International Journal
The application of theory in literature reviews – illustrated with examples from supply chain management, Seuring, S., Yawar, S., Land, A., Raja, U., Sauer, P. 13 Nov 2020, In: International Journal of Operations and Production Management
A framework for managing social issues in supply chains, Yawar, S., Seuring, S. 29 Mar 2019, Handbook on the Sustainable Supply Chain, Edward Elgar
The physical internet as enabler of new business models enhancing greener transports and the circular economy, Rajahonka, M., Bask, A., Yawar, S., Tinnila, M. 30 Aug 2019, Sustainable and Efficient Transport- Incentives for Promoting a Green Transport Market, Edward Elgar
The role of supplier development in managing social and societal issues in supply chains, Yawar, S., Seuring, S. 1 May 2018, In: Journal of Cleaner Production
Understanding the adoption of socially responsible supplier development practices using institutional theory: Dairy supply chains in India, Yawar, S., Kauppi, K. 1 Mar 2018, In: Journal of Purchasing and Supply Management

PGR Supervision

Munther Ali Start Date: 01/08/2025
Abdullah Al-Qahtani Orchestration of Innovation Project Management: Exploring the case of Energy Sector in Kuwait Start Date: 17/01/2023
John Gichuhi Machine Learning for Sustainable Protein Production and Supply Chain Resilience Start Date: 17/01/2023