Correlation mechanism between smart technology and smart supply chain innovation performance: A multi-case study from China's companies with Physical Internet

Weihua Liu, Shangsong Long and Shuang Wei

International Journal of Production Economics, 2022, vol. 245, issue C

Abstract: In recent years, the development of smart supply chain has become more and more important for global companies with Physical Internet to enhance their competitiveness. Meanwhile, smart supply chain innovation is increasingly dependent on the development of smart technologies. However, in the research on smart supply chain, there is no theoretical framework for the correlation mechanism between smart technology level (STL) and smart supply chain innovation performance (SSCIP), thus according to resource-based view, this study conducts a multi-case study and takes China's companies with Physical Internet as examples to propose this theoretical framework. This study obtains several important findings. First, we find that STL promotes smart supply chain innovation (SSCI) practices, and companies focus on those practices distinctively. Meanwhile, we find that SSCI practices promote SSCIP. Second, government support policies have positively moderated the role of STL in promoting SSCI practices. Third, the quick response strategy has positively moderated the role of SSCI practices in promoting SSCIP.

Keywords: Smart technology level; Smart supply chain innovation; Innovation practice; Innovation performance; Physical internet (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpe.2021.108394

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