Understanding the role of embedded relationships in the adoption of open standard interorganizational systems

Organizations today face a great challenge from the unpredictable, globalized and competitive business environment. One of the ways that organizations maintain competitiveness is by integrating their supply chains through the adoption of open standard interorganizational systems (OSIOS). Despite the...

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Main Author: Tsiga, Zayyad Danlami
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Language:English
Published: 2019
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description Organizations today face a great challenge from the unpredictable, globalized and competitive business environment. One of the ways that organizations maintain competitiveness is by integrating their supply chains through the adoption of open standard interorganizational systems (OSIOS). Despite the benefits that have been promised in the case of OSIOS adoption, its adoption has recently slowed down and there are increased cases of failure in OSIOS adoption initiatives. This study examines various factors relating to the role of interorganizational relationships in the adoption of OSIOS among Chinese manufacturers. Based on a comprehensive literature review on OSIOS adoption and various key previous studies (e.g., Chatterjee et al., 2002; Chong & Zhou, 2014; Im & Rai, 2014; Barrick et al., 2015; Kim & Choi, 2015; Liu et al., 2016; Zhang et al., 2016), an integrated research model is proposed. The model features collaborative structures (Information sharing, integration, trust) as determinants of the extent of coordination mechanisms use and tie strength between interorganizational partners, which in turn, determine the extent of OSIOS adoption. The extent of OSIOS adoption, along with the extent of coordination mechanisms use and tie strength, and their impacts on operational performance and supply chain ambidexterity are determined. The model also incorporates strategic implementation as a moderating factor. Using a quantitative web survey approach, the study examines these twelve constructs using data collected in 2018 from 304 manufacturing companies in four Chinese cities, including Beijing, Guangzhou, Shanghai, and Shenzhen. After confirming the reliability and validity of the data, various analytical approaches are compared and considered before the justified application of partial least square sequential equation modelling (PLS-SEM) to examine the proposed effects. The results of the analyses confirm the proposed effects of the proposed collaborative structures on the extent of coordination mechanisms use and tie strength, and in turn, their subsequent effects on the extent of OSIOS adoption. The analyses further reveals that supply chain ambidexterity is improved by the extent of coordination mechanisms use, tie strength, and the extent of OSIOS adoption, while operational performance is improved by tie strength and the extent of OSIOS adoption. Concerning the moderating effect, strategic implementation, is found to significantly moderate some relationships. Various significant contributions for theory and practice are identified and discussed.
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spelling nottingham-571192025-02-28T14:36:36Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/57119/ Understanding the role of embedded relationships in the adoption of open standard interorganizational systems Tsiga, Zayyad Danlami Organizations today face a great challenge from the unpredictable, globalized and competitive business environment. One of the ways that organizations maintain competitiveness is by integrating their supply chains through the adoption of open standard interorganizational systems (OSIOS). Despite the benefits that have been promised in the case of OSIOS adoption, its adoption has recently slowed down and there are increased cases of failure in OSIOS adoption initiatives. This study examines various factors relating to the role of interorganizational relationships in the adoption of OSIOS among Chinese manufacturers. Based on a comprehensive literature review on OSIOS adoption and various key previous studies (e.g., Chatterjee et al., 2002; Chong & Zhou, 2014; Im & Rai, 2014; Barrick et al., 2015; Kim & Choi, 2015; Liu et al., 2016; Zhang et al., 2016), an integrated research model is proposed. The model features collaborative structures (Information sharing, integration, trust) as determinants of the extent of coordination mechanisms use and tie strength between interorganizational partners, which in turn, determine the extent of OSIOS adoption. The extent of OSIOS adoption, along with the extent of coordination mechanisms use and tie strength, and their impacts on operational performance and supply chain ambidexterity are determined. The model also incorporates strategic implementation as a moderating factor. Using a quantitative web survey approach, the study examines these twelve constructs using data collected in 2018 from 304 manufacturing companies in four Chinese cities, including Beijing, Guangzhou, Shanghai, and Shenzhen. After confirming the reliability and validity of the data, various analytical approaches are compared and considered before the justified application of partial least square sequential equation modelling (PLS-SEM) to examine the proposed effects. The results of the analyses confirm the proposed effects of the proposed collaborative structures on the extent of coordination mechanisms use and tie strength, and in turn, their subsequent effects on the extent of OSIOS adoption. The analyses further reveals that supply chain ambidexterity is improved by the extent of coordination mechanisms use, tie strength, and the extent of OSIOS adoption, while operational performance is improved by tie strength and the extent of OSIOS adoption. Concerning the moderating effect, strategic implementation, is found to significantly moderate some relationships. Various significant contributions for theory and practice are identified and discussed. 2019-11-20 Thesis (University of Nottingham only) NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en arr https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/57119/1/Zayyad%20Tsiga%20-%206519791%20-%20Thesis.pdf Tsiga, Zayyad Danlami (2019) Understanding the role of embedded relationships in the adoption of open standard interorganizational systems. PhD thesis, University of Nottingham. IOS OSIOS interorganizational systems adoption supply chain integration supply chain ambidexterity embeddedness strategic implementation
spellingShingle IOS
OSIOS
interorganizational systems
adoption
supply chain integration
supply chain ambidexterity
embeddedness
strategic implementation
Tsiga, Zayyad Danlami
Understanding the role of embedded relationships in the adoption of open standard interorganizational systems
title Understanding the role of embedded relationships in the adoption of open standard interorganizational systems
title_full Understanding the role of embedded relationships in the adoption of open standard interorganizational systems
title_fullStr Understanding the role of embedded relationships in the adoption of open standard interorganizational systems
title_full_unstemmed Understanding the role of embedded relationships in the adoption of open standard interorganizational systems
title_short Understanding the role of embedded relationships in the adoption of open standard interorganizational systems
title_sort understanding the role of embedded relationships in the adoption of open standard interorganizational systems
topic IOS
OSIOS
interorganizational systems
adoption
supply chain integration
supply chain ambidexterity
embeddedness
strategic implementation
url https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/57119/