Title :
Effect of IT on Supply Chain Outcome: From an Inter-organizational Relationship-specific View
Author :
Hong Ling ; Fuchun Zhao
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Manage., Fudan Univ., Shanghai, China
Abstract :
IT business value remains a burning topic in IS field, yet limited investigation has been undertaken in supply chain context. From an interorganizational relationship-specific view, a path model of IT business value realization in supply chain context is developed and tested, with three kinds of relational assets involving interorganizational IT infrastructure integration, process coupling and knowledge sharing being put up with. By using data from 121 firms in China, we find evidences that IT and other relational assets do create value for supply chain, which in turn lead to organization performance. The study contributes to enhance and enrich our understanding on IT business value in supply chain context and the strategic significance of interorganization relational assets.
Keywords :
business data processing; information technology; organisational aspects; supply chain management; IT business value realization; inter-organizational relationship-specific view; interorganization relational assets; supply chain; supply chain outcome; Context; Couplings; Information systems; Organizations; Size measurement; Supply chains; IT business value; efficiency; flexibility; relational assets; supply chain;
Conference_Titel :
E-Business and E-Government (ICEE), 2010 International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Guangzhou
Print_ISBN :
978-0-7695-3997-3
DOI :
10.1109/ICEE.2010.844
