The impact of IT capabilities on firm performance: The mediating roles of absorptive capacity and supply chain agility

Liu, Hefu; Ke, Weiling; Wei, Kwok Kee; Hua, Zhongsheng

doi:10.1016/j.dss.2012.12.016

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“…Without the capability to utilize information effectively, the high collaboration level is ineffective, because the collaboration becomes too complex and loses flexibility. However, Liu et al (2013) indicated that IT integration capabilities can improve redundancy; however, they do not necessarily improve flexibility.…”

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Managing Capabilities for Supply Chain Resilience Through it Integration

Gružauskas

Vilkas

2017

Economics and Business

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Abstract. The trend for e-commerce, estimated population size to 11 billion by 2050, and an increase in urbanization level to 70 % is requiring to re-think the current supply chain. These trends changed the distribution process: delivery distances are decreasing, the product variety is increasing, and more products are being sold in smaller quantities. Therefore, the concept of supply chain resilience has gained more recognition in recent years. The scientific literature analysis conducted by the authors indicate several capabilities that influence supply chain resilience. Collaboration, flexibility, redundancy and integration are the most influential capabilities to supply chain resilience. However, the authors identify that the combination of these capabilities to supply chain resilience is under researched. The authors indicate that by combining these capabilities with the upcoming technologies of industry 4.0, supply chain resilience can be achieved. In the future, the authors are planning to conduct further research to identify the influence of these capabilities to supply chain resilience, to quantify supply chain resilience, and to provide further practices of industry 4.0 concept usage for supply chain resilience.

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Managing Capabilities for Supply Chain Resilience Through it Integration

Gružauskas

Vilkas

2017

Economics and Business

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“…Thus, COS members need to identify their competencies (Bhatt & Grover, 2005;Doherty & Terry, 2009;Liu et al, 2013). An organization's efforts in understanding its key competencies contribute to directing resources to manage these competencies (Banerji, Leinwand, & Mainardi, 2009).…”

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“…The strategy literature has also considered alliance capability (Gulati, 1999;Gulati, Nohria, & Zaheer, 2000;Zollo & Winter, 2002). Research has also focused on complementarity between client and vendor IT capabilities (Han, Lee, Chun, & Seo, 2013), and the impact of general IT capabilities on firm performance in various contexts (e.g., supply chains) (Liu, Ke, Wei, & Hua, 2013). However, the nature of IT competencies required to leverage the IT investments in a COS setting has not received any resolute attention.…”

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On Information Technology Competencies for Collaborative Organizational Structures

Prasad¹,

Green²

2016

CAIS

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Abstract:There is an uptake of organizations' involvement in collaborative organizational structures (COS). Consistent with the resource-centric views of the firm, we suggest that the COS members need to contribute their managed IT competencies to their COS, whose synergies would create COS IT competencies. We suggest three key IT competencies for COS: proactive top management decision synergy, collaborative and agile IT infrastructure, and cross-functional tactical management synergy. Using survey data, we found evidence of a positive association between these COS IT competencies and the collaborative rent-generating potential of the COS. We also found a positive association between the collaborative rent-generating potential of the COS and the business value of the COS members. The results suggest that developing COS IT competencies add value to a COS and its members. This study provides guidance for organizations looking to leverage their involvement in a COS.

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“…For example, some researchers provide empirical support for positive IT-performance linkage (Bhatt et al 2005; Kim et al 2013), others show an insignificant relationship (Carr 2003). Therefore, there is a need for fully exploring the relationship between IT and firm performance especially in the supply chain context (Liu et al 2013). …”

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“…Deploying information technology (IT) in the firm's interorganizational processes to derive competitive advantage has generated much excitement among information systems (IS) researchers and practitioners (Liu et al 2013; Lu et al 2011;Roberts et al 2012; Tippins et al 2003). IT competency enables the firm to establish a requisite set of technological resources, providing the foundation for diffusing IT applications along the supply chain (Tu 2010).…”

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The Contingency Effect of Relational Competency on the Relationship between Information Technology Competency and Firm Performance

Wei

2017

Data and Information Management

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Drawing upon the resource-based and relational view, this study examines how the three types of IT competencies (i.e., IT objects, IT operations, and IT knowledge) differentially affect firm performance and how such effects are moderated by interorganizational communication (IOC). We test the hypotheses of interest with data collected from 258 firms in China. The results of hierarchical regression analysis reveal that IT operations and IT knowledge significantly improve firm performance, while IT objects are found to be insignificant. In addition, the moderating effect of IOC on the relationship between the three types of IT competencies and firm performance varies across different types of IT competencies. Specifically, IOC positively moderates the relationship between both IT operations and IT knowledge and firm performance. However, the moderating effect of IOC on the relationship between IT objects and firm performance is not significant.

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The impact of IT capabilities on firm performance: The mediating roles of absorptive capacity and supply chain agility

Cited by 594 publications

References 81 publications

Managing Capabilities for Supply Chain Resilience Through it Integration

Managing Capabilities for Supply Chain Resilience Through it Integration

On Information Technology Competencies for Collaborative Organizational Structures

The Contingency Effect of Relational Competency on the Relationship between Information Technology Competency and Firm Performance

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