IS capabilities, supply chain collaboration and quality performance in services: the moderating effect of environmental dynamism
Industrial Management & Data Systems
ISSN: 0263-5577
Article publication date: 19 May 2022
Issue publication date: 21 June 2022
Abstract
Purpose
The purpose of this study is to explore the effects that information systems (IS) capabilities can have on supplier collaboration and customer collaboration and on quality performance in service contexts. In addition, the study examines how supply chain collaboration influences quality performance under various levels of environmental dynamism.
Design/methodology/approach
The conceptual model for this study is designed on the basis of the resource-based view (RBV) and dynamic capabilities view (DCV). A survey of 156 UK service firms was conducted and the data analyzed to test theoretical model using the structural equation modeling method. Furthermore, the moderating effect of environmental dynamism was investigated.
Findings
The results show that IS capabilities are positively associated with supply chain collaboration. Both supplier collaboration and customer collaboration are positively related to quality performance. Supplier collaboration has a positive effect on customer collaboration. Environmental dynamism significantly moderates the relationship between customer collaboration and quality performance, but no moderating effect on the relationship between supplier collaboration and quality performance.
Originality/value
This study takes a step toward quelling concerns about the business value of IS, contributing to the development and validation of the measurement of IS capabilities in the service supply chain context. The study deepens our understanding of supply chain collaboration by making a distinction between supplier collaboration and customer collaboration and investigating the correlation of supplier collaboration and customer collaboration. The findings extend the empirical application of RBV and DCV. In addition, this study’s findings direct service firms to develop IS capabilities that can enhance specific kinds of supply chain collaboration activities, thereby enabling improved quality performance.
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Acknowledgements
The authors are thankful to the Editor and two anonymous reviewers for their supportive comments and suggestions.
Citation
Teng, T., Tsinopoulos, C. and Tse, Y.K. (2022), "IS capabilities, supply chain collaboration and quality performance in services: the moderating effect of environmental dynamism", Industrial Management & Data Systems, Vol. 122 No. 7, pp. 1592-1619. https://doi.org/10.1108/IMDS-08-2021-0496
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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