Reconceptualization of information technology flexibility for supply chain management: An empirical study

Jeong Hugh Han, Yingli Wang and Mohamed Naim

International Journal of Production Economics, 2017, vol. 187, issue C, 196-215

Abstract: IT flexibility is an increasingly important factor in today's dynamic business environment. However, earlier research lacks 1) an integrated framework that corresponds to diverse processes for supply chain management and 2) an explanation of how IT flexibility affects firms’ performance in the supply chain context. To fill these gaps, our study theorised a research model by integrating disparate streams of IT flexibility research with three types of IT flexibility, namely, operational, transactional, and strategic, and tested both the direct and indirect effects of the three IT flexibility types on firm performance. Our theoretical model uses an extended resource-based view to highlight the role of IT flexibility in managing interdependent firm relationships in supply chains.

Keywords: Information technology; Flexibility; IT flexibility; Supply chain management; Extended resource-based view; Survey (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpe.2017.02.018

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