BEYOND BOUNDARIES WITH SUPPLY CHAIN: EFFECT OF OUTSOURCING AND COLLABORATION ON ADOPTION TECHNOLOGIES
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2023-07-07
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This thesis set to examine which factors influence the adoption of digital process technologies by Dutch manufacturing firms. It does so by drawing upon the make-or-buy decision in terms of outsourcing, and by including the external context, more specially the opportunity of collaboration within the production domain. The relationship between outsourcing production and adoption of digital process technologies in this study is proposed to hinge upon one contextual factor: collaboration in production. Five semi-structured interviews were conducted, and an analysis of 152 Dutch manufacturing firms from 2018 were under investigation to provide answers. The study finds that outsourcing production does not lead to a higher adoption rate of digital process technologies. Other results this study found are that collaboration in the production domain, trigger firms to engage in several collaborative partnerships to gain access to digital process technologies. However, the study found that when collaboration is narrowly defined, the relationship does not receive significant evidence. Finally, collaboration was found to play a moderating role in the relationship between outsourcing production and adoption of digital process technologies. Adding to this, outsourcing production only has a positive effect on this adoption of technologies when firms collaborate beyond mere transactions. In light of the results, this study contributes to theory on collaboration and adoption digital process technologies by concluding that collaboration, in the production domain, provides access to new knowledge, and stimulates firm’s competitive advantage.
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Faculteit der Managementwetenschappen