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Maturity of supply chain integration within small- and medium-sized enterprises: lessons from the Taiwan IT manufacturing sector

  • Hsin Chen
    ,
  • Anastasia Papazafeiropoulou
    ,
  • Yogesh Kumar Dwivedi
Research Output: Contribution to journal Article Peer-review

Sustainable Development Goals

  • SDG 8 - Decent Work and Economic Growth
    SDG 8 Decent Work and Economic Growth
  • SDG 9 - Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure
    SDG 9 Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure

Abstract

Abstract: Small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are known to lack behind in terms of the adoption and exploitation of information and communication technology (ICT). In this paper, we explore the area of ICT adoption in the Taiwanese information technology manufacturing sector within SMEs based on a multiple case study research. The findings suggest that small enterprises were in the initial stages of the process maturity of their supply chain. Seven types of ICT connections used by the case companies to support their supply chains were identified which show that most of the companies stayed in the lower level of supplier chain management integration without exploiting the benefits of ICT in full. Our results provide a better understanding on ICT adoption for supply chain integration by SMEs in practice.

Publication Information

Output type

Research Output: Contribution to journal Article Peer-review

Original language

English

Pages from-to (Number of pages)

Pages 325-347

Journal (Volume, Issue Number)

International Journal of Management and Enterprise Development (Volume 9, Issue 4)

Publication milestones

  • Published - 08/05/2012

Publication status

Published - 08/05/2012

ISSN

1468-4330

External Publication IDs

  • handle.net: 10547/222491
  • Scopus: 78650464300

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