Dr Sadaat Yawar

Assistant Professor

School: 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.

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Key Publications

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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 May 2026, In: Journal of Management and Organization
Digital technologies for transparent and sustainable supply chain management: A resource orchestration-based view in the textile industry, Farrukh, A., Ahmad, A., Yawar, S. 23 Feb 2026, In: Business Strategy and the Environment
Institutional Entrepreneurship and Work for Enhanced Sustainability at the Base of the Pyramid, Kelling, N., Yawar, S., Gold, S. 9 Mar 2026, In: Business Strategy and the Environment
Suggestions for enhancing the utilization of empirical research methods: Facilitating university-industry collaboration in low- and middle-income countries, Moshtari, M., Yawar, S. 1 Apr 2026, In: Industry and Higher Education
Honey authentication using AI-based pollen analysis: a UK review, Chippa, P., Hu, S., Pound, M., Yawar, S., Baniulis, D. 18 Nov 2025, In: British Food Journal
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

PGR Supervision

Munther Ali Start Date: 01/08/2025 End Date: 17/10/2025
Munther Ali ‘’Resource management strategies to reshape the future of the energy sector in the GCC towards economic sustainability and development ’’ Start Date: 01/08/2025
Chaudhry Ahmad Laraib Cheena Assessing the Impact of Green and Circular Procurement Policies on Supply Chain Sustainability in the Fashion Industry in South Asia Start Date: 01/10/2025 End Date: 17/10/2025
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 End Date: 10/10/2025
Chaudhry Ahmad Laraib Cheena Assessing the Impact of Green and Circular Procurement Policies on Supply Chain Sustainability in the Fashion Industry in South Asia Start Date: 01/10/2025
Abdullah Al-Qahtani Orchestration of Innovation Project Management: Exploring the case of Energy Sector in Kuwait Start Date: 17/01/2023 End Date: 17/10/2025