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AbstractWith eBusiness technologies seen as a source of competitive edge, supply chains are facing organizational transformation. The supply chain transformation has been widely explored in the context of standalone case studies focusing on either systems, relationships, or implications of projects to supply or manufacturing risk. The research has been limited to address the underlying reasons for variance in organizational transformations effort. This study employs a case study in an automotive supply chain, followed by a questionnaire distributed to four automotive supply chains achieving 65 responses. The findings indicate that organizational transformation can vary based on the relationship between individual eBusiness technology and its stimulus (responsive, anticipatory, and/or proactive), its scope (evolutionary vs. radical change), and the extent of organizational transformation impact (departmental and/or business unit and/or supply chain level impact). Within this context, the current study brings forth new findings in automotive supply chains in which the individual eBusiness technologies indicated a variance across the supply chains.

Purpose
Supply chain risk (SCR) has increasingly attracted academic and corporate interest; however, the SCR debate in academic literature is rather limited to case- and location-specific studies. Hence, the purpose of this paper is to utilize a systematic literature review (SLR) to explore the SCR research trends and gaps within the management literature.


Design/methodology/approach
To achieve the research objective an SLR, looking into 25 years since 1990, into supply chain risk management (SCRM) was conducted, which resulted in 114 papers.


Findings
While the SCRM literature is growing, results from the SLR identified limited organized understanding of what constitutes a holistic SCR process, and high reliance of particular categories for SCR, such as the high reliance on specific country settings (the USA and the UK); limited presence of cross competitive SCR process analysis and challenges in developing conceptual SCR frameworks.


Research limitations/implications
The SCR embeds categories of location, scope of supply chain, risk management tools, and the industry sectors involved. The search for related publications was mainly used from a wide range of coverage from accountancy to design in SCR; hence, although there is indication to specific industries, and foci of risk, this could be explored further.


Practical implications
This review of SCRM identifies various research gaps and directions for future research to develop theory and a practical understanding of SCR.


Originality/value
The current literature on SCR has been assessed based on its definition and utilization. The current paper bridges this gap by synthesizing the diverse academic journal papers into the categories based on the design continuum, relationship continuum, process continuum and economic continuum. In addition, it highlights the gaps in industry context, theoretical contribution, geographic location, and research methods applied and addresses the scope for further research.

Purpose
– The purpose of this paper is to evaluate e-business driven organisational transformation and its resource implications for a European automotive multinational corporation. The application of Business Process Change Model (BPCM) was used to investigate throughout the five developmental stages of transformation and the associated resource implications in business-to-business (B2B) and extranet applications.


Design/methodology/approach
– Based on a case study design, B2B and extranet applications were selected. A triangulated research approach was used to capture the resource implications upon transformation, incorporating a participant observation and interviews.


Findings
– The findings indicate that the resource implications change in a transformation process based on individual e-business applications as well as the developmental stages of BPCM. Throughout the transformation only resource investment remained present in both applications. The change in resource implications and iterations between the BPCM stages in the case of "process redefinition", "continuous improvement" underline why organisational transformation in similar settings could indicate variances in organisations' transformation results.


Research limitations/implications
– The paper offers an insight into the resource implications in an e-business enabled transformation and underpins the importance of using developmental stages to bridge the divide between planning and application. The resource impact has been evaluated within the automotive sector using BPCM, future empirical research is needed to test the BPCM in other industrial e-business enabled transformation settings.


Practical implications
– Organisations should take a developmental approach to transformation that assesses resources implications. This also raises the need for using models such as the BPCM to fine-tune the transformation effort, through the inclusion of a more interactive iteration between BPCM stages.


Originality/value
– In this paper, the authors present an analysis of an e-business related, organisational transformation project, including an assessment of its ultimate effectiveness. This is the first case study, which focuses on resource implications solely and utilises the BPCM framework to understand the evolution of transformation effort and its resource implications.

Success and failure of e‐business‐enabled transformation in the automotive supply chains can depend on the individual e‐business application and show variations in the same organization.

This article describes the use of mixed methods in the context of e‐business enabled organisational transformation in a strategic business unit of a multinational corporation. It includes a theoretical reasoning as to why mixed methods were used and a description of the role of qualitative research in this research agenda. The article begins by examining the research paradigm, leading to the use of mixed methods and the design process of the actual mixed methods. In giving a roadmap in a contextual setting, the article addresses the need for including studies from the initial conceptual development to its application.

This book assesses the impact of e-business technologies on different organizations, which include higher education institutions, multinational automotive corporations, and health providers. - Provided by publisher

E-integrated healthcare supply chains -- Smart technologies -- Digital technologies in the professional services industry -- Implementation of e-health to improve healthcare -- E-learning in higher education -- E-government -- Supply chain integration through e-business-enabled enterprise systems -- The role of business-to-business (B2B) platforms and their implications on supply chains -- E-freight -- E-learning in higher education -- E-learning factors influencing student autonomy -- Conclusion -- References -- Index