From e-Supply Chain Capability Generation to Information Technology Value Co-creation - A Perspective of e-Business Process

Jing Zhao, Yi Jiang

2013

Abstract

The firms have engaged in initiatives that link e-supply chain processes (e.g., e-procurement) across enterprises to create Information Technology (IT) value. However, it is not clear how IT is contributing to value creation across-organization process. The objective of this paper is to investigate the process from e-supply chain capability generation to IT value creation through e-business process across-organization. A model of e-supply chain value is developed to investigate what and how e-supply chain capabilities are realized by usage of inter-firm IT resources integration and how business value of IT is co-created in multi-firm environments. The paper tests the model using Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) with data collected from 196 manufacturers in China. Our results provide theoretical support for a dynamic process that distinctive e-supply chain capabilities embedded in e-business process lead to process performance first and then financial performance and network performance. We find that e-supply chain capabilities (ESCC) realize e-supply chain value for all partners (e.g. supplier and customer) via upstream and downstream e-business process.

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Zhao J. and Jiang Y. (2013). From e-Supply Chain Capability Generation to Information Technology Value Co-creation - A Perspective of e-Business Process . In Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Data Communication Networking, 10th International Conference on e-Business and 4th International Conference on Optical Communication Systems - Volume 1: ICE-B, (ICETE 2013) ISBN 978-989-8565-72-3, pages 153-159. DOI: 10.5220/0004531601530159


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@conference{ice-b13,
author={Jing Zhao and Yi Jiang},
title={From e-Supply Chain Capability Generation to Information Technology Value Co-creation - A Perspective of e-Business Process},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Data Communication Networking, 10th International Conference on e-Business and 4th International Conference on Optical Communication Systems - Volume 1: ICE-B, (ICETE 2013)},
year={2013},
pages={153-159},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0004531601530159},
isbn={978-989-8565-72-3},
}


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TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Data Communication Networking, 10th International Conference on e-Business and 4th International Conference on Optical Communication Systems - Volume 1: ICE-B, (ICETE 2013)
TI - From e-Supply Chain Capability Generation to Information Technology Value Co-creation - A Perspective of e-Business Process
SN - 978-989-8565-72-3
AU - Zhao J.
AU - Jiang Y.
PY - 2013
SP - 153
EP - 159
DO - 10.5220/0004531601530159