TY - JOUR
T1 - Determinants of mobile supply chain management system diffusion
T2 - A structural equation analysis of manufacturing firms
AU - Chana, Felix T.S.
AU - Chong, Alain Yee Loong
N1 - Funding Information:
The work described in this paper was substantially supported by a grant from the Hong Kong Polytechnic University Postdoctoral Fellowships Scheme (Project No. G-YX4D). The authors would like to thank the Hong Kong Polytechnic University Research Committee for the financial support.
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - Mobile supply chain management (SCM) is gaining recognition as a major source of cost reduction and supply chain performance improvement. The current literature related to mobile SCM needs to be extended further in order to provide insights into how manufacturing firms can implement mobile SCM successfully. Specifically, there is a need to provide empirical and systematic analysis of the variables that can explain the various stages of mobile SCM diffusion. A review of recent literature suggests that existing e-supply chain technology adoption literature is not strongly grounded in theory. A theoretical model with six hypotheses was proposed based on the technology-organisation- environment (TOE) framework and innovation diffusion theory (IDT). This study draws its survey responses from a group of manufacturing firms in order to investigate the factors that affect the diffusion of mobile SCM. The results show that the variables derived from TOE and IDT can explain mobile SCM diffusion well. However, interorganisational relationships (IORs) play a crucial role in determining the success of mobile SCM routinisation. This is one of the first known empirical studies on the factors influencing the diffusion of mobile SCM. The results of this study will help decision makers better understand the implementation process of mobile SCM and formulate strategies for successful diffusion of mobile SCM.
AB - Mobile supply chain management (SCM) is gaining recognition as a major source of cost reduction and supply chain performance improvement. The current literature related to mobile SCM needs to be extended further in order to provide insights into how manufacturing firms can implement mobile SCM successfully. Specifically, there is a need to provide empirical and systematic analysis of the variables that can explain the various stages of mobile SCM diffusion. A review of recent literature suggests that existing e-supply chain technology adoption literature is not strongly grounded in theory. A theoretical model with six hypotheses was proposed based on the technology-organisation- environment (TOE) framework and innovation diffusion theory (IDT). This study draws its survey responses from a group of manufacturing firms in order to investigate the factors that affect the diffusion of mobile SCM. The results show that the variables derived from TOE and IDT can explain mobile SCM diffusion well. However, interorganisational relationships (IORs) play a crucial role in determining the success of mobile SCM routinisation. This is one of the first known empirical studies on the factors influencing the diffusion of mobile SCM. The results of this study will help decision makers better understand the implementation process of mobile SCM and formulate strategies for successful diffusion of mobile SCM.
KW - Information technology
KW - Manufacturing management
KW - Mobile supply chain management
KW - Structural equation modelling
KW - Survey research/design
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84871311991&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/00207543.2012.693961
DO - 10.1080/00207543.2012.693961
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84871311991
SN - 0020-7543
VL - 51
SP - 1196
EP - 1213
JO - International Journal of Production Research
JF - International Journal of Production Research
IS - 4
ER -
