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Toward Creating Competitive Advantage With Logistics Information Technology

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Purpose – Successfully implementing and exploiting the right information technologies is critical to
maintaining competitiveness in today’s supply chain. However, simply adopting off-the-shelf
technologies may not necessarily induce this competitiveness unless the organization combines these
technologies with additional complimentary resources. This study draws on the logistics innovation
literature, resource-advantage theory, and the resource-based view of the firm with the purpose of
investigating performance outcomes of logistics information technology (LIT) adoption and the
proposed moderating effect of a complimentary resource. The paper posits that combining LIT with
positive buyer-supplier relationships may set the stage for organizations to achieve competitive
advantage.
Design/methodology/approach – A meta-analysis of 48 studies that report outcomes of EDI or
RFID adoption was performed. Regression was used to investigate the moderating effect of the
buyer-supplier relationship on the relationship between LIT adoption and performance outcomes.
Findings – The findings suggest that adoption of LIT promotes enhanced levels of effectiveness,
efficiency, and resiliency for the adopting firm and that the quality of the buyer-supplier relationship
moderates the degree of efficiency and resiliency realized via adoption.
Research limitations/implications – The results of this study suggest that adoption of a logistics
innovation by itself may not necessarily produce a sustained competitive advantage. Instead, when
combined with complimentary firm resources, the innovation may yield a sustained competitive
advantage for the adopting firm.
Originality/value – Logistics innovation needs greater theoretical development in the literature.
This research extends a foundational logistics innovation model by incorporating relevant theory to
propose and test an additional dimension of the model.

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Ketersediaan

Informasi Detail

Judul Seri

International Journal of Physical Distribution & Logistics Management

No. Panggil

ATC LO HAZ t

Penerbit

United States of America : Emerald Insight., 2012

Deskripsi Fisik

31 p

Bahasa

English

ISBN/ISSN

0960-0035

Klasifikasi

LO

Tipe Isi

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Tipe Media

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Tipe Pembawa

online resource

Edisi

Vol. 42 Iss 1 pp

Subjek

Information technology
Electronic Data Interchange

Info Detail Spesifik

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Pernyataan Tanggungjawab

Hazen, Benjamin T.

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