Moderating effect of external diffusion from the utilization of it in SCM of Korea

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The importance of collaborative business is the driving force for many companies to integrate their supply chain networks. Especially among leading global companies, the need to improve the competitiveness of their organizational environment has promoted the use of IT networks to standard practice. This paper analyzes the ways to measure the effects of information technologies on business performance by investigating how leading companies utilize information technologies in their supply chain management. Specifically, this study emphasizes the mediation effects of external diffusion on the interrelationship between organizational environment and the benefits of IT use in supply chain management. The empirical results indicate that organizational environment has a positive effect on benefits from IT use in SCM, while external diffusion does not have any mediation effect in SCM. © Chang-Bong Kim, Yongrok Choi, 2013.

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