Supply Chain Collaboration [recurso electrónico] Roles of Interorganizational Systems, Trust, and Collaborative Culture

To survive and thrive in the competition, firms have strived to achieve greater supply chain collaboration to leverage the resources and knowledge of suppliers and customers. Internet based technologies, particularly interorganizational systems, further extend the firms’ opportunities to strengthen their supply chain partnerships and share real-time information to optimize their operations. __Supply Chain Collaboration: Roles of Interorganizational Systems, Trust, and Collaborative Culture__ explores the nature and characteristics, antecedents, and consequences of supply chain collaboration from multiple theoretical perspectives. __Supply Chain Collaboration: Roles of Interorganizational Systems, Trust, and Collaborative Culture__ conceptualizes supply chain collaboration as seven interconnecting elements including information sharing, incentive alignment, goal congruence, decision synchronization, resource sharing, as well as communication and joint knowledge creation. These seven components define the occurrence of collaborative efforts and allow us to explain supply chain collaboration more precisely. Collaborative advantages are also divided into five components to capture the joint competitive advantages and benefits among supply chain partners. The definitions and measures developed here examine some central issue surrounding supply chain development but this is also followed up with real-life managerial practicalities. This balance of theory and practical application makes __Supply Chain Collaboration: Roles of Interorganizational Systems, Trust, and Collaborative Culture__ a strong resource for industry practitioners and researchers alike. Front Matter....Pages i-xiii Introduction....Pages 1-15 Theory and Theoretical Framework....Pages 17-29 Antecedents of Supply Chain Collaboration....Pages 31-54 Supply Chain Collaboration Characterization....Pages 55-75 Collaborative Advantage as Consequences....Pages 77-91 Structured Interview and Q-Sort....Pages 93-112 Large-Scale Analysis and Testing....Pages 113-149 Research and Managerial Insights....Pages 151-166 Back Matter....Pages 167-197 Preface Acknowledgements 1.Introduction 2.Theory and Theoretical Framework 3.Antecedents of Supply Chain Collaboration 4.Supply Chain Collaboration Characterization 5.Collaborative Advantage As Consequences 6.Structured Interview and Q-Sort 7.Large-Scale Analysis and Testing 8Research and Managerial Insights Appendix: Measurement Items, Criteria, and Questionnaire.