Title: Intercultural supply chain management: an assessment of the field and future outlook

Authors: Pedro M. Reyes, Patrick Jaska, Annibal Jose Scavarda

Addresses: Department of Management and Entrepreneurship, Hankamer School of Business, Baylor University, One Bear Place #98006, Waco, TX 76798-8006, USA. ' Department of Business Administration and Systems, College of Business, University of Mary Hardin Baylor, 900 College Street, Belton, TX 76513, USA. ' School of Management, RMIT University, Level 16, 239 Bourke Street, Melbourne, Vic. 3001, Australia Department of Marketing and Logistics, Max M. Fisher College of Business, The Ohio State University, 500 Fisher Hall, 2100 Neil Avenue, Columbus, OH 43210-1144, USA; Fundacao Getulio Vargas Business School-EAESP, Department of Production and Operations Management, Rua Itapeva 474, 8° andar, Sao Paulo, SP 01332-000, Brazil

Abstract: This paper calls attention to the increased importance of intercultural studies in the field of supply chain management and provides an assessment of research and future outlook. Using institutional theory, an organised framework is developed as a road-map for assessing research in intercultural supply chain management. Several recent developments suggest that intercultural supply chain management is likely to play a more important role in charting the strategic direction of the firm. Theoretical contributions of this field on global dimension strategy is emphasised to overcome cultural and national barriers and to meet the accelerating technology dynamics and changes in global economy.

Keywords: global market; information systems; information technology; intercultural supply chains; international supply chains; multinational supply chains; supply chain management; SCM; globalisation; institutional theory.

DOI: 10.1504/IJIIM.2009.025545

International Journal of Intercultural Information Management, 2009 Vol.1 No.2, pp.166 - 176

Published online: 22 May 2009 *

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