Because of the importance of information integration in obtaining competitive advantage in today's information-intensive environment, many organisations continue to search for better information integration practices that will support effective business processes across the value chain. However,...

Although a responsive supply chain is an integral part of order-winning manufacturing strategies, it has not been clear how firms build a responsive supply chain in global manufacturing environments. Built upon a synthesis of the existing literature and relevant theories, this paper presents a...

Purpose – The purpose of this research is to show that small or medium enterprises (SMEs) have significant impacts on supply chain performance. They may take the roles of suppliers, producers, distributors, and customers. In this paper large firms and SMEs are compared in terms of strategic...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to develop an understanding of changing business control patterns that may be critical for firms, in order to manage effective enterprise information infrastructures in and through the Chinese market. Design/methodology/approach – This paper presents a...

Purpose – The purpose of this article is to address critical issues on how a global enterprise establishes an effective supply network. The example of a Japanese firm operating in China illustrates a supplier portfolio entry model that has not previously been examined in the literature....

Purposes – Global product development requires complex international inter‐firm coordination between suppliers and manufacturers. Prior research on the impact of opportunities and risks of supplier‐manufacturer partnership in the context of global product development is relatively limited....

Purpose – Despite an extensive body of knowledge on the importance of customer orientation in the marketing and management literature, the impact of customer orientation and interactive system infrastructure throughout enterprise networks is not fully understood. The purpose of this paper is...

Purpose – Critical information flows in the supply chain reflect the patterns of organizational culture and supply chain strategy (SCS). This paper aims to links organizational culture and SCS using competing values and an uncertainty framework. Design/methodology/approach – Anchored at...