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Impact of e-integration on ambidextrous innovation in supply chain: the mediation and suppression effect of supply chain strategy implementation

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IT capability has become increasingly important for business to maintain an innovation-based competitive advantage in today’s turbulent economic environment. In light of the dynamic capability theory and related literature, the purpose of this study is to investigate the relationship between supply chain e-integration, supply chain strategy implementation (i.e., lean strategy and agile strategy), and supply chain ambidextrous innovation, and supply chain ambidextrous innovation (i.e., exploratory innovation and exploitative innovation). A questionnaire survey was conducted in China mainland and quantitative data were gathered from 274 respondents. Supply chain e-integration enhances exploitative innovation but does not impact exploratory innovation significantly. Both lean and agile strategy implementation are positively associated with exploratory innovation. Whilst only lean strategy positively influences exploitative innovation. Supply chain e-integration positively impacts lean supply chain strategy but harms agile supply chain strategy. Furthermore, lean strategy implementation partially mediates the relationship between supply chain e-integration and exploitative innovation, whilst agile strategy plays a suppression role between e-integration and exploratory innovation. A new theoretical perspective on IT-based capabilities and supply chain ambidextrous innovation is provided by these findings. Practitioners can also apply these findings to improve innovation-based competition by addressing related inertia issues.

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Appendix: Survey items

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ITEMS

Supporting literature

SC e-integration

Real-time communication through IT

So and Sun (2011)

Swafford et al.(2008)

Haddud et al.(2017)

Complete purchasing and supply management through IT

Digital accounting and finance

Manufacturing with process control softwares like MES

Using IT to integrate activities in logistics and distribution

Real-time material management and inventory tracking

Lean SC strategy implementation

Employee involvement

Dey et al.(2019)

Ruiz-Benitez et al.(2019)

Kamble et al.(2019)

Prasad et al.(2019)

Reduces wastes

TQM

Pull systems

JIT basis for material purchase

JIT basis for order

Agile SC strategy implementation

Quickly detect changes, opportunities, and threats

Nabass and Abdallah(2019)

Chen(2018)

Responds quickly to customer requirements

Quickly adapt products‎/service to changes

To increase the frequencies of new products

Reacts immediately to incorporate changes into manufacturing processes

Speed in product cycle time

Exploratory SC innovation

We accept demands that go beyond existing products and services

Nguyen et al.(2019)

Sheng and Chien(2016)

We invent new products and services

We commercialize products and services that are completely new

Exploitative SC innovation

We frequently refine the provision of existing products and services

We regularly implement small adaptations to existing products and services

We introduce improved but existing products and services for local markets

We improve our provision’s efficiency of products and services

We increase economies of scales in existing markets

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Zhao, J., Liu, Xy. & Xu, Sr. Impact of e-integration on ambidextrous innovation in supply chain: the mediation and suppression effect of supply chain strategy implementation. Inf Technol Manag (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10799-023-00412-z

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