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Knowledge Sharing in Supply Chain

Knowledge Sharing in Supply Chain

Liandong Zhu, Robertus Wahyu Nayan Nugroho, Mian M. Ajmal, Yohanes Kristianto
Copyright: © 2012 |Pages: 14
ISBN13: 9781466602465|ISBN10: 1466602465|EISBN13: 9781466602472
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-0246-5.ch002
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Zhu, Liandong, et al. "Knowledge Sharing in Supply Chain." Customer-Oriented Global Supply Chains: Concepts for Effective Management, edited by Ephrem Eyob and Edem G. Tetteh, IGI Global, 2012, pp. 21-34. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-0246-5.ch002

APA

Zhu, L., Nugroho, R. W., Ajmal, M. M., & Kristianto, Y. (2012). Knowledge Sharing in Supply Chain. In E. Eyob & E. Tetteh (Eds.), Customer-Oriented Global Supply Chains: Concepts for Effective Management (pp. 21-34). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-0246-5.ch002

Chicago

Zhu, Liandong, et al. "Knowledge Sharing in Supply Chain." In Customer-Oriented Global Supply Chains: Concepts for Effective Management, edited by Ephrem Eyob and Edem G. Tetteh, 21-34. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2012. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-0246-5.ch002

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Abstract

This chapter introduces the thermodynamics analogy as a means of studying knowledge sharing in supply chain. The study finds that distance and the knowledge capacity of the supplier are important to reduce knowledge sharing uncertainty. Furthermore, higher contact frequency between the supplier and the buyer without considering supplier capacity is proven to be insignificant to reduce knowledge sharing uncertainty. For intellectuals, the mechanism provides a new approach to explicate knowledge sharing in supply networks. Besides, it provides deep-rooted opening point for supplementary empirical assessment. The mechanism facilitates managers to expand their understanding of composite circumstances embedded into global supply networks to share their knowledge. With that enhanced understanding, the managers can spotlight their actions, which help further to perk up their firms’ competitiveness provoked by the knowledge sharing activities.

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