Technological capability strength/asymmetry and supply chain process innovation: The contingent roles of institutional environments |
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| Institution: | 1. Shenzhen Audencia Financial Technology Institute, Shenzhen University, 3688 Nanhai Road, Shenzhen 518060, China;2. City University of Hong Kong (Dongguan), Dongguan 523000, China;3. Faculty of Business and Economics, University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong;1. INGENIO (CSIC-Universitat Politecnica de Valencia), Spain;2. Department of Economics, Society, Politics, University of Urbino ''Carlo Bo'', Italy; SEEDS, Italy; FEEM, Italy;3. European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC), Seville, Spain;4. Department of Economics, Management and Quantitative Methods (DEMM), University of Milan, Italy;5. University of Milan, Department of Environmental Science and Policy, Italy;6. Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei (FEEM), Italy;7. OFCE Sciences-Po, France;1. Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto, Canada;2. Smith School of Business, Queen''s University, Canada;3. Degroote School of Business, McMaster University, Canada;1. School of Statistics and Applied Mathematics, Anhui University of Finance and Economics, Bengbu 233030, China;2. School of Management and Economics, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China;3. Yangtze Delta Region Academy of Beijing Institute of Technology, 314001 Jiaxing, China;4. College of Economics and Management, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100091, China |
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| Abstract: | Despite the importance of process innovation in fostering supply chain competitiveness, existing studies primarily emphasize product innovation and overlook institutional environments. This study builds on the dyadic capability-based view and institutional theory to investigate how buyer's and supplier's technological capabilities jointly affect supply chain process innovation in China. We differentiate between two distinct dimensions, technological capability strength and technological capability asymmetry, and propose that technological capability strength negatively influences supply chain process innovation whereas technological capability asymmetry promotes such innovation. We also examine how formal (i.e., government intervention) and informal (i.e., guanxi importance) institutional factors moderate the effects of technological capability strength and asymmetry on supply chain process innovation. Empirical analyses based on 157 buyer–supplier dyads in China offer strong support for our hypotheses, which provide important implications for the supply chain innovation collaboration literature and managerial practice. |
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