Antecedents of Resilient Supply Chains: An Empirical Study

Abstract

Abstract:In recent years, there has been a proliferation of interest in resilience in the supply chain field. Even though literature has acknowledged the antecedents of resilient supply chains, such as supply chain visibility, cooperation, and information sharing, their confluence in creating resilient supply chains where other behavioural issues are prevailing (i.e. trust and behavioural uncertainty) has not been studied. To address this gap, we conceptualized a theoretical framework firmly grounded in the resource based view (RBV) and the relational view that is tested for 250 manufacturing firms using hierarchical moderated regression analysis. The study offers a nuanced understanding of supply chain resilience and implications of supply chain visibility, cooperation, trust and behavioural uncertainty. Implications and suggestions for further research are provided.Index terms: Supply chain resilience, antecedents, resource based view, relational view. ManagerialRelevance: From a practitioner view, we provide theoryfocused and empirically-proven guidance to the managers to understand that the invisible hand of the market favours those organizations whose behavioural repertoires support trust and cooperation rather than competition and opportunism. Hence how reduction in behavioural uncertainty enhances the positive impacts of trust and cooperation on supply chain resilience.

Empirical investigation of data analytics capability and organizational flexibility as complements to supply chain resilience

“…In order to increase information-processing capacity, the managers may focus on building lateral relations and vertical information systems. Wieland and Marcus Wallenburg (2013) and Dubey et al (2018a) have contributed in this direction by utilizing relationship theory that how trust among partners in supply chain network can leads to better coordination. However, our results further suggest managers that by investing in vertical information systems organizations can increase the information processing capacity with minimal resource costs.…”

Editorial Design and Management of Sustainable and Resilient Supply Chains

“…This IEEE-TEM special issue on "Design and Management of Sustainable and Resilient Supply Chains" includes four papers focusing on various aspects of sustainability and resilience improvement of the supply chain. There are two theoretical/conceptual modeling papers [11] and [46] and two mathematical/practical modeling papers [9] and [24]. An overview of each is presented here.…”

“…They offer exemplary theoretical and practical perspectives that we believe initiate the debates. 1) A theoretical framework is presented by Dubey et al [11] to conceptualize the influence of supply chain visibility, cooperation, trust, and behavioral uncertainty in creating resilient supply chains. The framework is grounded in the resource-based view and the relational view and is tested using data from 250 manufacturing firms.…”

Does the tripartite social capital predict resilience of supply chain managers through commitment?

“…Although there were quite a number of studies which relate social capital to resilience, very few (e.g. Bhattacharjya, 2018;Dubey et al, 2017) related them in the context of supply chain. We therefore propose:…”