Impact of electronic data interchange technology on JIT shipments
Management Science
Electronic markets and electronic hierarchies
Communications of the ACM
Information distortion in a supply chain: the bullwhip effect
Management Science - Special issue on frontier research in manufacturing and logistics
Clockspeed and Informational Response: Evidence From the Information Technology Industry
Information Systems Research
Industry Clockspeed: Measurement and Operational Implications
Manufacturing & Service Operations Management
Information Technology and Firm Boundaries: Evidence From Panel Data
Information Systems Research
Journal of Management Information Systems - Special section: Strategic and competitive information systems
Strategic payoff from EDI as a function of EDI embeddedness
Journal of Management Information Systems - Special issue: Impacts of information technology investment on organizational performance
Journal of Management Information Systems - Special section: Strategic and competitive information systems
Journal of Management Information Systems - Special section: Realizing value from information technology investment
Coordinating for Flexibility in e-Business Supply Chains
Journal of Management Information Systems
Journal of Management Information Systems
Effects of Relational Factors and Channel Climate on EDI Usage in the Customer-Supplier Relationship
Journal of Management Information Systems
Facilitating Interorganizational Learning with Information Technology
Journal of Management Information Systems
Competitive Dynamics in Electronic Networks: A Model and the Case of Interorganizational Systems
International Journal of Electronic Commerce
The Business Value of Process Sharing in Supply Chains: A Study of RosettaNet
International Journal of Electronic Commerce
The end of the information system life: a model of is discontinuance
ACM SIGMIS Database
Journal of Management Information Systems
The Journal of Strategic Information Systems
Journal of Management Information Systems
Interorganizational information systems visibility and supply chain performance
International Journal of Information Management: The Journal for Information Professionals
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Organizing and maintaining a competent and flexible supply chain is a major challenge to manufacturers in today's increasingly competitive and uncertain environments. Virtual integration represents the substitution of ownership with partnership by integrating a set of suppliers through information technology (IT) for tighter supply-chain collaboration. From the systems and control perspectives, this study develops a theory of virtual integration with an empirical model to examine the role that virtual integration plays in facilitating manufacturers to achieve greater manufacturing flexibility and comparative cost advantage. Based on a survey of Taiwanese manufacturing firms, our results show that environmental uncertainty tends to motivate manufacturers to increase their manufacturing flexibility, with both virtual integration and supplier responsiveness playing a vital enabling role. The results demonstrate the importance of supplier responsiveness for manufacturers to gain manufacturing flexibility and comparative cost advantage in supply-chain operations. Environmental uncertainty, thus, might first appear as a threat to a manufacturer, but with the help of IT and more responsive suppliers, such a threat could be transformed into a competitive edge, as reflected in the manufacturer's higher levels of manufacturing flexibility and comparative cost advantage.