Title
How do mediated and non-mediated power affect electronic supply chain management system adoption? The mediating effects of trust and institutional pressures
Abstract
Electronic Supply Chain Management systems (eSCMS), as instances of information technologies spanning organizational boundaries, have the potential to provide operational and strategic benefits. However, the high uncertainty of adoption consequences impedes firms from adopting eSCMS. Research on how to facilitate eSCMS adoption is of significance. This study investigates how institutional and socio-political factors in a dyadic trading partner relationship affect the dependent firm's eSCMS adoption intention. In contrast to prior research, we examine the confluence of institutional pressures, the focal firm's trust and the dominant firm's power. In particular, we differentiate power of different sources, and examine the mediating effects of the focal firm's trust and perceived institutional pressures on the relationship between different types of power exercised by the dominant firm and the focal firm's eSCMS adoption. Data collected from executives in China largely support our research hypotheses. Theoretical contribution and managerial implications of this research are discussed.
Year
DOI
Venue
2009
10.1016/j.dss.2008.11.008
Decision Support Systems
Keywords
Field
DocType
dominant firm,power,prior research,system adoption,electronic supply chain management,research hypothesis,focal firm,non-mediated power,escms adoption intention,dependent firm,trust,differentiate power,escms adoption,supply chain management systems,adoption consequence,institutional pressures,mediating effect,institutional pressure,data collection,information technology,supply chain management
Organizational boundaries,Information technology,Computer science,Firm strategy,Knowledge management,Supply chain management,Business model,Industrial organization,Operations management
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
46
4
Decision Support Systems
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
53
1.38
38
Authors
5
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Weiling Ke143728.20
Hefu Liu223235.39
Kwok Kee Wei34103195.60
Jibao Gu41057.55
Huaping Chen526512.92