Organization Theory and Supply Chain Management

摘要

Organization theory offers a wide variety of interesting and useful perspectives, including the resource-based view, the knowledge-based view, strategic choice theory, agency theory, institutional theory, and systems theory. The application of such theories to a phenomenon often provides greater understanding. Yet, to date, researchers interested in operations management in general and supply chain management in particular have made limited use of these theories. We believe that the theories that are currently guiding organizational inquiry can shed significant light on supply chain management. Specifically, application of these theories might help resolve ongoing debates as well as open up new areas of investigation.