TY - JOUR
T1 - Overcoming institutional voids as a pathway to becoming ambidextrous
T2 - The case of China's Sichuan Telecom
AU - Amankwah-Amoah, Joseph
AU - Chen, Xu
AU - Wang, Xiaojun
AU - Khan, Zaheer
AU - Chen, Jing
PY - 2019/8
Y1 - 2019/8
N2 - The paper examines how firms develop supply chain financing model to help overcome institutional voids (IVs) and become ambidextrous. This study presents a case analysis of a novel supply chain financing model instigated and implemented by China's Sichuan Telecom (ST) to help supply chain partners overcome IVs in their environments. We identified three unique stages in the evolution of the supply chain ambidextrous financing model: drivers for change (including identifying suppliers' problems and constraints), designing and implementing the supply chain ambidextrous financing model, and the tripartite performance effects. The analysis demonstrated how ST utilized its market power, resources and network ties to harness expertise and competences of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to overcome IVs and become ambidextrous. Sichuan Telecom aided the SMEs in solving the financing problem through order-based supply chain financing. Based on the analysis, we outline implications of this case for theory and policy.
AB - The paper examines how firms develop supply chain financing model to help overcome institutional voids (IVs) and become ambidextrous. This study presents a case analysis of a novel supply chain financing model instigated and implemented by China's Sichuan Telecom (ST) to help supply chain partners overcome IVs in their environments. We identified three unique stages in the evolution of the supply chain ambidextrous financing model: drivers for change (including identifying suppliers' problems and constraints), designing and implementing the supply chain ambidextrous financing model, and the tripartite performance effects. The analysis demonstrated how ST utilized its market power, resources and network ties to harness expertise and competences of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to overcome IVs and become ambidextrous. Sichuan Telecom aided the SMEs in solving the financing problem through order-based supply chain financing. Based on the analysis, we outline implications of this case for theory and policy.
KW - Ambidextrous business model
KW - China
KW - SMEs
KW - Supply chain collaboration
KW - Supply chain financing model
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85068267333&partnerID=8YFLogxK
UR - https://kar.kent.ac.uk/72710/
U2 - 10.1016/j.lrp.2019.02.004
DO - 10.1016/j.lrp.2019.02.004
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85068267333
SN - 0024-6301
VL - 52
JO - Long Range Planning
JF - Long Range Planning
IS - 4
M1 - 101871
ER -