Examining the process R&D investment-performance chain in supply chain operations: The effect of centralization

作者：Davis Sramek Beth^*; Germain Richard; Krotov Konstantin

来源：International Journal of Production Economics, 2015, 167: 246-256.

DOI：10.1016/j.ijpe.2015.05.037

• R& D investment
• Resource orchestration theory
• Process variance
• Knowledge application
• Organizational structure
• Centralized decision-making

There remains inconclusive evidence about the impact of R&D investment on firm performance. This research theorizes an investment-performance consecution cast in a supply chain framework to fill in these gaps through resource orchestration theory. We examine how process R&D investment as a key resource and enabler of knowledge generation impacts firm performance through a "chain of events" that includes internal knowledge application and supply chain operations process variance. Further, we investigate the moderating effect of a critical organizational structure dimension: centralized decision-making regarding supply chain operations. Findings support the contention that the chain is weakened when supply chain decision-making is centralized, thereby indicating that this dimension of organizational structure has profound effects on the efficacy of the process R&D investment decision. Published by Elsevier B.V.

• 出版日期2015-9