Analysing trust as a means of improving the effectiveness of the virtual supply chain
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Article Title | Analysing trust as a means of improving the effectiveness of the virtual supply chain |
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ERA Journal ID | 19470 |
Article Category | Article |
Authors | Paterson, Ian (Author), Maguire, Heather (Author) and Al-Hakim, Latif (Author) |
Journal Title | International Journal of Networking and Virtual Organisations |
Journal Citation | 5 (3/4), pp. 325-348 |
Number of Pages | 24 |
Year | 2008 |
Place of Publication | Olney, Bucks. United Kingdom |
ISSN | 1470-9503 |
1741-5225 | |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1504/IJNVO.2008.018826 |
Web Address (URL) | http://www.inderscience.com/search/index.php?action=record&rec_id=18826&prevQuery=&ps=10&m=or |
Abstract | This article focuses on trust within interorganisational virtual organisations, which are regarded as legally separate but operationally interdependent companies focused on responding to a market opportuity and facilitated by ICT as a mediuim for communication and coordination. The context of the research described in this paper is the Australian meat and horticulture supply chains. Within the context of these two supply chains the perceived importance and perceived levels of 12 trust factors are investigated. The research identifies three trust factors demonstrating critical gaps between the expected performance level and the perceptions of actual performance common to the meat and horticulture supply chains. These factors were information sharing, reliability and work standard. Two other critical factors were identified in the meat supply chain, i.e. timeliness and customisation, while three other critical factors were identified as specifically relating to the horticulture supply chain, i.e. shared values, POS information and honesty and integrity. |
Keywords | supply chain; virtual organisations; trust factors; gap analysis |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 500102. Business ethics |
350999. Transportation, logistics and supply chains not elsewhere classified | |
359999. Other commerce, management, tourism and services not elsewhere classified | |
Public Notes | © 2008 Inderscience Enterprises Ltd. Final draft deposited in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher - includes copyright statement. |
Byline Affiliations | School of Management and Marketing |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/9y909/analysing-trust-as-a-means-of-improving-the-effectiveness-of-the-virtual-supply-chain
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