Entrepreneurial Supply Chain Information Network and Supply Chain Alertness

Supply chain alertness is the capability of a firm to identify value-creation opportunities for supply chain management and operations. However, empirical research on the linkage between information networks and supply chain... [ view full abstract ]

Supply chain alertness is the capability of a firm to identify value-creation opportunities for supply chain management and operations. However, empirical research on the linkage between information networks and supply chain alertness is scarce. We extend social network and entrepreneurship theories to conceptualize an entrepreneurial information network and examine this network pattern in two types of information networks: supply chain benchmarking network and supply chain partner network. Hypotheses are tested on data from 78 firms. The results indicate that firms employing entrepreneurial supply chain benchmarking network and entrepreneurial supply chain partner network enjoy a higher degree of supply chain alertness.