Does formalization or centralization mitigate uncertainty in knowledge-intensive procurement?

Prior, Daniel D.; Mudiyanselage, Lakshi Karunarathne Hitihami; Hussain, Omar Khadeer

doi:10.1108/jbim-07-2020-0328

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“…The largest single factor accounted for 20% of the total variance. This is well below the 50% maximum recommended by Harman (for recent similar treatment see Prior et al, 2022). In addition, the common latent factor approach involves adding a latent factor to the measurement model and regressing this against all observed items in the measurement model and comparing the results of the initial model with the new model (Podsakoff et al, 2003).…”

Section: Common Methods Variancementioning

confidence: 86%

Affect-based dimensions of trust: a study of buyer-supplier relationships in Thai manufacturing

Rungsithong,

Meyer

2024

JBIM

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Purpose Trust is an important facilitator of successful B2B relationships. The purpose of this study is to investigate affect-based antecedents of both interpersonal and interorganizational trust, and their impact on the performance of buyer–supplier relationships. The authors ask two research questions: (1) What are affect-based dimensions of interpersonal and interorganizational trust? (2) How do interpersonal and interorganizational trust influence buyers’ operational performance? Design/methodology/approach The authors use data from an original survey of 156 buyer–supplier relationships between multinational enterprise subsidiaries and local suppliers in the Thai manufacturing sector to develop a structural model in which the authors test the hypotheses. Findings Consistent with social exchange theory and social psychology, the empirical analysis shows that affect-based dimensions at the individual level, namely, likeability, similarity and frequent social contact, and at the organizational level, namely, supplier firm willingness to customize and institutionalization of cooperation, are important for establishing trust. In addition, interpersonal trust enhances buyers’ operational performance indirectly via interorganizational trust. Practical implications Buying and selling firms may develop organizational trust by developing processes that enhance organizational trust. Individuals with purchasing or sales responsibilities may enhance trust in their personal relationship. However, such interpersonal trust needs to be translated to the organizational level to benefit organizational performance. Originality/value The findings contribute to the literature on affect-based antecedents and outcomes of trust. Specifically, the authors offer theory and empirical evidence regarding the contribution of salespersons toward affect-based dimensions of trust and its impact on buyer’s operational performance.

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Section: Common Methods Variancementioning

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Affect-based dimensions of trust: a study of buyer-supplier relationships in Thai manufacturing

Rungsithong,

Meyer

2024

JBIM

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“…First, the risk of tie strength in transferring redundant information becomes more salient. According to Prior et al (2022), centralization involves concentrated knowledge and information in the relationship. With centralized power in decision-making on the co-exploration, buyers can leverage their power to control and concentrate interfirm knowledge flows (Vendrell-herrero et al, 2018;Zhou and Xu, 2012).…”

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“…First, the risk of tie strength in transferring redundant information becomes more salient. According to Prior et al. (2022), centralization involves concentrated knowledge and information in the relationship.…”

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Tie strength, tie brokerage and buyer–supplier co-exploration: a novelty–action trade-off

Zhang

Wang

Zhao

2022

IJLM

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PurposeIn the pursuit of co-exploration, the strength and brokerage dimensions of dyadic ties create a novelty–action trade-off: tie strength facilitates coordination but constraints novelty, while tie brokerage expands knowledge diversity but aggravates coordination difficulty. This study contributes towards a better understanding of this tension by comparing two dimensions of relational ties and examining their contingent values given different environmental factors and exchange characteristics.Design/methodology/approachThe authors used survey data from 194 matched buyer–supplier dyads in China's high-tech industries and employed hierarchical moderated regression analysis to test the proposed hypotheses.FindingsThe authors find that compared with tie strength, tie brokerage has a stronger positive effect on co-exploration. Moreover, guanxi importance amplifies the effect of tie strength while decreasing the value of tie brokerage. As market uncertainty increases, the role of tie brokerage becomes more salient. Additionally, tie strength becomes less effective when buyer centralization is high, whereas tie brokerage exerts a stronger impact on co-exploration when an exchange is highly formalized.Originality/valueThis study contributes to the supply chain literature by adopting a relational perspective to integrate relational ties into the study of buyer–supplier co-exploration and by elaborating on the different implications of tie strength and tie brokerage in resolving the novelty–action trade-off. Furthermore, it provides a more nuanced understanding of when distinct dimensions of relational ties are effective, by clarifying boundary conditions in terms of environmental factors and exchange characteristics.

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“…Figure 4. Science mapping co-citation analysis.Following this, reference that included in this are Cui et al[39]; Qazi et al[40]; Schøyen et al[41]; Radivojević et al[42]; Münch et al[43]; Furlan Alves et al[44]; Sydow et al[45]; Manuj et al[46]; Pederneiras et al[47]; Yassine et al[48]; Cho et al[49]; Xu et al[50]; Chen et al[51]; Ray et al[52]; Prior et al[53], Ugarte et al[54], Anupindi et al[55]; Alyami et al[56] and Poppo et al[57].The third analysis is the bibliographic coupling analysis, where two articles are bibliographically linked if at least one cited source appears in both reference lists[29]. It is necessary to analyze the relationships between citing articles to comprehend the ongoing or current evolution of themes in a study field.…”

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What Have We Learned? A Bibliometric Review of a Three-Decade Investigation into the Supply Chain Uncertainty and a Revised Framework to Cope with the Challenges

Abdul-Hamid,

Osman,

Omar

et al. 2023

Sustainability

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Three decades ago, supply chain uncertainty was recognized as a significant conceptual problem that must be resolved to successfully satisfy supply and demand activities. For this reason, firms have developed several workable approaches and techniques (including lean, agility, and resilient framework) in response to the need to maintain such activities in the face of uncertainty. Despite this, the current pandemic’s onset has hampered supply chain management, indicating that current solutions fall short of being sufficient to shield firms from being impacted. Therefore, it raises the question of what we have learned from decades of research and studies to prepare us for such adversities. And what plans must the firms have put in place to address this disaster? To focus on this, the current study intends to explore supply chain uncertainty trends and patterns, to emphasize the future orientation. Using the PRISMA 2020 (Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses 2020) protocol, 884 peer-reviewed journal articles were selected from the Web of Science database and analyzed using bibliometric analysis through MS Excel and VOSviewer software (version 1.6.18). There are two ways the results are presented. First, performance analysis revealed that 2335 writers had written 884 publications (1993–2022), which had an average 32.2 citation level across 176 journals. Second, the science mapping analysis included well-known methods, such as citation analysis, co-citation analysis, bibliographic coupling, co-word analysis, and co-authorship analysis. The original contribution of this study lies in the identification of four clusters through the analysis, namely, overall impact of uncertainty, demand uncertainty, challenges uncertainty, and uncertain strategy. This led to recommendations for future research that practitioners could use.

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Does formalization or centralization mitigate uncertainty in knowledge-intensive procurement?

Cited by 18 publications

References 103 publications

Affect-based dimensions of trust: a study of buyer-supplier relationships in Thai manufacturing

Affect-based dimensions of trust: a study of buyer-supplier relationships in Thai manufacturing

Tie strength, tie brokerage and buyer–supplier co-exploration: a novelty–action trade-off

What Have We Learned? A Bibliometric Review of a Three-Decade Investigation into the Supply Chain Uncertainty and a Revised Framework to Cope with the Challenges

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