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The Combined Effects of Power Imbalance and Mutual Dependence on the Relationship between IOS Diffusion and a Firm's Performance Improvement

  • Gee-Woo Bock (Graduate School of Business, Sungkyunkwan University) ;
  • Sang Cheol Park (Department of Business Administration, Daegu University) ;
  • Won Jun Lee (Graduate School of Business, Sungkyunkwan University) ;
  • Cheng Zhang (Department of Information Management and Information Systems, School of Management Fudan University) ;
  • Kyu Min Hwang (Graduate School of Business, Sungkyunkwan University)
  • Received : 2018.10.09
  • Accepted : 2019.01.21
  • Published : 2019.06.30
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Abstract

This paper draws on the interdependence theory to examine the role of power and mutual dependence on the relationship between internal/external diffusion and performance improvement within a supply chain. The results from a survey of 375 respondents show that two patterns of IOS diffusion - internal diffusion and external diffusion - have different impacts on a firm's performance improvement according to differences in power and mutual dependence between two parties in the supply chain.

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This work was supported by the National Research Foundation of Korea Grant funded by Korean Government (F01-2009-000-10161-0).

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