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

fYear

2010

fDate

7-9 May 2010

Firstpage

3358

Lastpage

3361

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;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

E-Business and E-Government (ICEE), 2010 International Conference on

Conference_Location

Guangzhou

Print_ISBN

978-0-7695-3997-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICEE.2010.844

Filename

5591359