Few studies within the literature have empirically investigated the concept of resilience and its antecedents. Through the usage of the Contingent Resource Based View (CRBV) of the firm, this study aims at analyzing the relationships between resources (strategic information sharing and information technology), capabilities (formative resilience elements) and performance (supply chain resilience). In addition, supply base complexity is adopted as a moderating factor. The relationship between resources, that is expressed through the complementary perspective of the RBV, is grouped within the broader concept of supply chain information integration. This concept further underlines the importance of the integration of both social (strategic information sharing) and technical (information technology) resources in developing resilience. Moreover, through the adoption of this dimension of integration, it is possible to address the existing debate in the resilience literature about how supply chain integration and supply chain resilience are related. The theoretical model, grounded on the CRBV, has been developed and survey data collected from 235 Italian, Chinese and Dutch companies have been used to test the hypothesized relationships. The Partial Least Squares – Path Modeling (PLS-PM) approach has been adopted to carry out statistical analysis. The obtained results suggest that supply chain information integration leads to the development of supply chain visibility, flexibility, velocity and long-term collaboration capabilities. Of these, only supply chain visibility, flexibility and velocity enhance resilience in the supply chain. Regarding the three supply base complexity dimensions, only scale complexity has shown the have positive influence on the relationship between supply chain visibility and resilience. Delivery complexity negatively moderated the relationship between long-term collaboration and supply chain resilience. Finally, supply chain flexibility and velocity turned out not to be influenced by any supply base complexity dimension. This study highlights both theoretical and managerial implications for approaches to supply chain information integration and its relationship with supply chain resilience.
Pochi studi hanno investigato empiricamente il concetto di resilienza e i suoi antecedenti nella supply chain. Attraverso l’utilizzo della Contingent Resource Based View (CRBV), questa ricerca intende analizzare le relazioni tra risorse (condivisione di informazioni strategiche e infrastruttura tecnologica), capacità (capacità per la resilienza) e performance (resilienza nella supply chain). In aggiunta, la complessità della supply base verrà considerata come un fattore moderatore. La relazione tra risorse, espressa nell’ottica di complementarietà all’interno della Resource Based View, è raggruppata all’interno del più vasto concetto di supply chain information integration. Questo concetto sottolinea l’importanza dell’integrazione tra risorse sociali (condivisione di informazioni strategiche) e risorse tecniche (infrastruttura tecnologica) al fine di sviluppare la resilienza. Inoltre, adottando questa dimensione di integrazione, è possibile contribuire al dibattito all’interno della letteratura riguardante le relazioni tra integrazione e resilienza nella supply chain. È stato sviluppato un modello teorico, basato sulla CRBV, e le ipotesi formulate sono state testate attraverso i dati raccolti da 235 aziende Italiane, Cinesi e Olandesi. L’approccio Partial Least Squares – Path Modeling (PLS-PM) è stato utilizzato per condurre le analisi statistiche. I risultati ottenuti suggeriscono che la supply chain information integration contribuisce allo sviluppo della visibilità, flessibilità, velocità e di una relazione di lungo termine all’interno della supply chain. Di queste capacità, solo la visibilità, la flessibilità e la velocità influiscono positivamente sulla resilienza. Per quanto riguarda la complessità della supply base, soltanto la complessità legata alle dimensioni (numero di fornitori) della supply chain ha avuto un’influenza positiva nella relazione tra la visibilità e la resilienza. Di contro, la complessità nella consegna ha influito negativamente nella relazione tra la collaborazione di lungo termine e la resilienza nella supply chain. La flessibilità e la velocità nella supply chain non sono state influenzate in alcun modo dalla complessità. Questa ricerca evidenzia implicazioni sia manageriali sia teoriche sulle relazioni tra supply chain information integration e supply chain resilience.
The role of supply chain information integration in building supply chain resilience
INCARDONA, GIULIO
2015/2016
Abstract
Few studies within the literature have empirically investigated the concept of resilience and its antecedents. Through the usage of the Contingent Resource Based View (CRBV) of the firm, this study aims at analyzing the relationships between resources (strategic information sharing and information technology), capabilities (formative resilience elements) and performance (supply chain resilience). In addition, supply base complexity is adopted as a moderating factor. The relationship between resources, that is expressed through the complementary perspective of the RBV, is grouped within the broader concept of supply chain information integration. This concept further underlines the importance of the integration of both social (strategic information sharing) and technical (information technology) resources in developing resilience. Moreover, through the adoption of this dimension of integration, it is possible to address the existing debate in the resilience literature about how supply chain integration and supply chain resilience are related. The theoretical model, grounded on the CRBV, has been developed and survey data collected from 235 Italian, Chinese and Dutch companies have been used to test the hypothesized relationships. The Partial Least Squares – Path Modeling (PLS-PM) approach has been adopted to carry out statistical analysis. The obtained results suggest that supply chain information integration leads to the development of supply chain visibility, flexibility, velocity and long-term collaboration capabilities. Of these, only supply chain visibility, flexibility and velocity enhance resilience in the supply chain. Regarding the three supply base complexity dimensions, only scale complexity has shown the have positive influence on the relationship between supply chain visibility and resilience. Delivery complexity negatively moderated the relationship between long-term collaboration and supply chain resilience. Finally, supply chain flexibility and velocity turned out not to be influenced by any supply base complexity dimension. This study highlights both theoretical and managerial implications for approaches to supply chain information integration and its relationship with supply chain resilience.| File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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