Antecedents of supply chain visibility in retail supply chains: A resource‐based theory perspective
从资源基础理论视角，研究了零售供应链中五个外部链接的可见性水平及其前因，发现技术与非技术因素共同影响可见性，高可见性可带来可持续竞争优势。
Abstract Although visibility has become a popular buzzword in the supply chain literature it remains an ill‐defined and poorly understood concept. It is assumed that if companies across supply chains have visibility of demand, inventory levels, processes, etc., that organizational performance improves. This research explores the antecedents of high levels of supply chain visibility from a resource‐based theory perspective across five different external supply chain linkages. We find that the level of visibility across these linkages differs considerably based on various contributing factors which are both technology and non‐technology based. Using resource‐based theory, we identify those factors that can give a sustainable competitive advantage to a supply chain linkage through a “distinctive” or high level of visibility.