Toward a Digitally Dominant Paradigm for twenty-first century supply chain scholarship

Emerald - Tập 49 Số 10 - Trang 956-971 - 2019
Theodore P. Stank1, Terry L. Esper2, Thomas J. Goldsby1, Walter Zinn2, Chad W. Autry1
1Department of Supply Chain Management, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
2Department of Marketing and Logistics, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA

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Purpose The digital advances in modern industry are accelerating changes in the broad social, economic, political and business environments within which supply chain management (SCM) is practiced. Given this extraordinary contextual upheaval, the conduct of research to identify, define, understand and explain how the digital revolution will impact key SCM concepts is imperative. The purpose of this paper is to introduce a theoretically grounded Digitally Dominant Paradigm (DDP) framework that demonstrates how digital concepts and insights can be infused into existing elements of best-practice SCM, in order to help guide future research. Design/methodology/approach Middle-range theorizing is proposed as a means to explore the ways in which researchers can explain supply chain phenomena (i.e. build theory) in the age of digitalization. Findings An example of how a DDP framework can be applied to a well-entrenched logistics/supply chain concept is provided, and the authors conclude by identifying exemplary research propositions for future exploration. Originality/value The broad goal of the paper is to spark forward-looking supply chain scholarship based upon development of a DDP of SCM.

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