TY - GEN
T1 - Capability connectivity in informally networked supply chains
T2 - 5th International Conference on Information Technology and Applications, ICITA 2008
AU - Ogulin, Robert
AU - Selen, Willem
AU - Sen, Tayyar
PY - 2008
Y1 - 2008
N2 - In highly dynamic situations, supply chain partners have only limited time to get and work together to respond to a market opportunity. This research looks at the effect of capability connectivity to leverage collaborative, short-term relationships where partners coordinate their mutual capabilities to address a transitory, but important, business opportunity in order to achieve collectively beneficial outcomes. This is referred to as the "informally networked supply chain". Using a sample of 231 supply chain professionals generated from the Dun & Bradstreet's database, this research operationalizes the construct of capability connectivity. Ongoing research uses this construct in a wider study highlighting the relative importance of information technology and cross-company processes in improving operational supply chain performance through informal networking.
AB - In highly dynamic situations, supply chain partners have only limited time to get and work together to respond to a market opportunity. This research looks at the effect of capability connectivity to leverage collaborative, short-term relationships where partners coordinate their mutual capabilities to address a transitory, but important, business opportunity in order to achieve collectively beneficial outcomes. This is referred to as the "informally networked supply chain". Using a sample of 231 supply chain professionals generated from the Dun & Bradstreet's database, this research operationalizes the construct of capability connectivity. Ongoing research uses this construct in a wider study highlighting the relative importance of information technology and cross-company processes in improving operational supply chain performance through informal networking.
KW - Capability connectivity
KW - Coordination
KW - Informal networking
KW - Supply chain
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M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:67649201906
SN - 9780980326727
T3 - 5th International Conference on Information Technology and Applications, ICITA 2008
SP - 306
EP - 311
BT - 5th International Conference on Information Technology and Applications, ICITA 2008
Y2 - 23 June 2008 through 26 June 2008
ER -