From IT capabilities to supply chain performance: The mediating effects of supply chain agility and absorptive capacity

Hefu Liu; Weiling Ke; Kwok Kee Wei; Qian Huang; Jibao Gu; Huaping Chen

From IT capabilities to supply chain performance: The mediating effects of supply chain agility and absorptive capacity

Hefu Liu
, Weiling Ke
, Kwok Kee Wei
, Qian Huang
, Jibao Gu
, Huaping Chen

City University of Hong Kong

Research output: Chapters, Conference Papers, Creative and Literary Works › RGC 32 - Refereed conference paper (with host publication) › peer-review

Abstract

While information technologies have been taken as the competitive tool in improving supply chain performance, its investment cannot guarantee to meet firms' performance expectations. Our understanding about the mechanisms by which IT affects supply chain performance remains unclear. Based on the perspective of dynamic capabilities theory, we derive a model to examine the effects of a firm's IT capabilities, namely IT infrastructure flexibility and IT assimilation on supply chain performance. In particular, we examine the mediating effects of the firm's higher-order organizational capabilities, namely supply chain agility and absorptive capacity on the relationships between IT capabilities and supply chain performance. Results from a survey show that the firm's supply chain agility can fully mediate IT capabilities' influence, while absorptive capacity partially mediate the influences of IT capabilities on supply chain agility. In addition, IT infrastructure flexibility can improve the firm's IT assimilation. Contributions and implications of this study are discussed. © (2009) by the AIS/ICIS Administrative Office All rights reserved.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	15th Americas Conference on Information Systems 2009, AMCIS 2009
Pages	1706-1718
Volume	3
Publication status	Published - 2009
Event	15th Americas Conference on Information Systems 2009 (AMCIS 2009) - San Francisco, United States Duration: 6 Aug 2009 → 9 Aug 2009 http://aisel.aisnet.org/amcis2009/

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Conference	15th Americas Conference on Information Systems 2009 (AMCIS 2009)
Abbreviated title	AMCIS2009
Place	United States
City	San Francisco
Period	6/08/09 → 9/08/09
Internet address	http://aisel.aisnet.org/amcis2009/

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Absorptive capacity
Dynamic capabilities
IT assimilation
IT business value
IT infrastructure
Supply chain agility

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Liu, H, Ke, W, Wei, KK, Huang, Q, Gu, J & Chen, H 2009, From IT capabilities to supply chain performance: The mediating effects of supply chain agility and absorptive capacity. in 15th Americas Conference on Information Systems 2009, AMCIS 2009. vol. 3, pp. 1706-1718, 15th Americas Conference on Information Systems 2009 (AMCIS 2009), San Francisco, California, United States, 6/08/09.

From IT capabilities to supply chain performance: The mediating effects of supply chain agility and absorptive capacity. / Liu, Hefu; Ke, Weiling; Wei, Kwok Kee et al.
15th Americas Conference on Information Systems 2009, AMCIS 2009. Vol. 3 2009. p. 1706-1718.

Research output: Chapters, Conference Papers, Creative and Literary Works › RGC 32 - Refereed conference paper (with host publication) › peer-review

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From IT capabilities to supply chain performance: The mediating effects of supply chain agility and absorptive capacity

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