Title: Identifying and assessing barriers to information sharing in supply chain - a case study of the automotive industry

Authors: Farhad Panahifar; Sajjad Shokouhyar; Sina Mosafer

Addresses: Socio-Technical Systems Department, Accounting and Management Faculty, Shahid Beheshti University, Iran ' Socio-Technical Systems Department, Accounting and Management Faculty, Shahid Beheshti University, Iran ' Socio-Technical Systems Department, Accounting and Management Faculty, Shahid Beheshti University, Iran

Abstract: This paper tries to assess and identify information sharing barriers in supply chains, in particular, the automotive sector in Iran. After literature review, the barriers to information sharing were identified and then, using experts' opinion and the analytic hierarchy process (AHP) technique, the identified barriers were ranked to determine and choose the significant barriers to information sharing. Next, a framework was proposed using interpretative structural modelling (ISM) to investigate the relationship between the important barriers. Finally, the results were presented in a final model. This study has significant practical implications for organisations as it identifies the main information sharing barriers and their causal relationships. This will help firms in the process of collaboration through information sharing particularly for mitigation strategies for dominant barriers. The present study makes an empirical contribution to the body of knowledge by investigating an integrated framework focusing on information sharing barriers and its impact on firms' performance.

Keywords: supply chain management; barriers; automotive industry; Iran; information sharing.

DOI: 10.1504/IJBIS.2022.126131

International Journal of Business Information Systems, 2022 Vol.41 No.2, pp.258 - 288

Received: 03 Oct 2019
Accepted: 18 Jan 2020
Published online: 13 Oct 2022 *

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