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Impact of IT capabilities on supply chain capabilities and organizational agility: a dynamic capability view

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Drawing on the dynamic capability view, this study analyzes the effects of IT capabilities on supply chain capabilities and organizational agility. Based on survey data from 218 firms in Pakistan and employing structural equation modeling, our results reveal that the IT capabilities of IT infrastructure and IT assimilation influence supply chain capabilities of information integration and operational coordination, and that these supply chain capabilities affect organizational agility. In addition to the direct effects, IT infrastructure has an indirect effect on supply chain capabilities through IT assimilation, and information integration has an indirect effect on organizational agility through operational coordination. Theoretical and managerial implications are discussed.

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This work was supported in part by the NSFC under Grants 71671023, in part by the Foundation for Innovative Research Groups of NSFC under Grant 71421001, the development Foundation of teaching and scientific research for teachers of Liberal Arts in Zhejiang University. We would like to thank the Editor-in-Chief, area editor and anonymous reviewers for their honest, helpful and constructive comments.

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  2. School of Management, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, People’s Republic of China

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  3. Department of Marketing, School of Business, University of International Business and Economics, Beijing, 100029, People’s Republic of China

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Irfan, M., Wang, M. & Akhtar, N. Impact of IT capabilities on supply chain capabilities and organizational agility: a dynamic capability view. Oper Manag Res 12, 113–128 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12063-019-00142-y

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