TY - JOUR
T1 - Drivers of virtual interfirm integration and its impact on performance in international customer-supplier relationships
AU - Kim, Daekwan
AU - Jean, Ruey-Jer 'Bryan'
AU - Sinkovics, Rudolf R.
N1 - Daekwan Kim (PhD, Michigan State University), is an Professor of Marketing and International Business in the College of Business at Florida State University. His research is on the impact of IT on firm marketing strategies and activities, marketing/international marketing strategies, and international buyer-seller relationships. Email: [email protected]
Ruey-Jer “Bryan” Jean (PhD, The University of Manchester), is Professor of International Business at the Department of International Business, National Chengchi University, Taiwan. His research focuses on inter-organizational relationship management and international new ventures in digital and data rich environments, with a focus on emerging markets. He was born in Taiwan and lives in Taipei. Email: [email protected]
Rudolf R. Sinkovics (PhD, WU Vienna), is Professor of International Business at The University of Manchester, UK, Visiting Professor at Lappeenranta University of Technology, Finland and Visiting Scholar at Fox School of Business, Temple University. He has published on inter-organizational governance, the role of ICT in firm internationalization, and currently works on rising powers, and responsible business. Email: [email protected]
PY - 2018/6/12
Y1 - 2018/6/12
N2 - Consensus exists suggesting that advances in information and communication technologies are a major driver in restructuring Multinational Enterprises (MNEs) and their cross-border supply chain activities. However, the role of virtual interfirm integration and its antecedents, contingency conditions and its association with performance in international exchange relationship is not clearly specified. This study proposes that virtual interfirm integration can serve as an alternative governance mechanism for suppliers. Thus, we examine its drivers, moderators, and performance outcomes in international exchange relationships in the context of suppliers and their MNE customers. The empirical context is a study of 240 Taiwanese-based electronics equipment manufacturers. We explore the effect of communication culture, internal, inter-organizational, and environmental dimensions on virtual interfirm integration, and supplier performance in international exchange. We conclude by sharing our findings on the pertinence of virtual interfirm integration in the supplier-MNE buyer relationships.
AB - Consensus exists suggesting that advances in information and communication technologies are a major driver in restructuring Multinational Enterprises (MNEs) and their cross-border supply chain activities. However, the role of virtual interfirm integration and its antecedents, contingency conditions and its association with performance in international exchange relationship is not clearly specified. This study proposes that virtual interfirm integration can serve as an alternative governance mechanism for suppliers. Thus, we examine its drivers, moderators, and performance outcomes in international exchange relationships in the context of suppliers and their MNE customers. The empirical context is a study of 240 Taiwanese-based electronics equipment manufacturers. We explore the effect of communication culture, internal, inter-organizational, and environmental dimensions on virtual interfirm integration, and supplier performance in international exchange. We conclude by sharing our findings on the pertinence of virtual interfirm integration in the supplier-MNE buyer relationships.
KW - Information technology (IT)
KW - global supply chain
KW - virtual integration
KW - Multinational enterprise (MNE)
KW - buyer-supplier relationship
KW - communication culture
U2 - 10.1007/s11575-018-0344-4
DO - 10.1007/s11575-018-0344-4
M3 - Article
SN - 0938-8249
VL - 58
SP - 495
EP - 522
JO - Management International Review
JF - Management International Review
IS - 3
ER -