Purpose

This paper aims to examine how interfirm transactional and relational assets drive firm performance (FP) in digitally integrated supply chains.

Design/methodology/approach

The authors combine the Transaction Cost Economics (TCE) and Relational Exchange Theory (RET) frameworks to hypothesize that FP will be a function of Asset Specificity (AS), Digital Technology Usage (DTU) and Collaborative Information Sharing (CIS). In addition, the authors hypothesize that Supply Chain Integration (SCI) will partially mediate the effect of DTU and fully mediate the impact of AS and CIS on FP. A cross-sectional survey of supply chain managers is used to test the hypotheses.

Findings

Findings indicate that specific investments in digitally integrated supply chains would increase FP. In addition, SCI fully mediates the relationships between AS and FP and CIS and FP, while SCI partially mediates the influence of DTU on FP.

Practical implications

Managers could strategically engage in the technologies that effectively fit within the firm’s supply chain strategies and seek to develop a pragmatic expertise that enables the effective use of technology in a comprehensive setting.

Originality/value

The study enriches the extant literature by incorporating TCE and RET as contradictory viewpoints on AS and investigating how transactional and relational assets affect FP in digitally integrated supply chains.

中文翻译：

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数字化集成供应链中的企业绩效：交易成本经济学和关系交换理论的综合视角

目的

本文旨在研究企业间交易和关系资产如何推动数字集成供应链中的企业绩效（FP）。

设计/方法论/途径

作者结合交易成本经济学 (TCE) 和关系交换理论 (RET) 框架，假设 FP 将是资产专用性 (AS)、数字技术使用 (DTU) 和协作信息共享 (CIS) 的函数。此外，作者假设供应链整合（SCI）将部分调节DTU的影响，并完全调节AS和CIS对FP的影响。对供应链管理者的横断面调查用于检验这些假设。

发现

调查结果表明，对数字集成供应链的特定投资将增加 FP。此外，SCI完全中介AS与FP、CIS与FP之间的关系，而SCI部分中介DTU对FP的影响。

实际影响

管理人员可以战略性地采用有效适应公司供应链战略的技术，并寻求发展务实的专业知识，从而能够在综合环境中有效利用技术。

原创性/价值

该研究通过将 TCE 和 RET 作为 AS 的矛盾观点纳入其中，并研究交易资产和关系资产如何影响数字集成供应链中的 FP，丰富了现有文献。