Overcoming institutional voids as a pathway to becoming ambidextrous: The case of China's Sichuan

Amankwah-Amoah, Joseph; Chen, Xu; Wang, Xiaojun; Khan, Zaheer; Chen, Jing

Abstract

The paper examines how firms develop supply chain financing model to help overcome institutional voids (IVs) and become ambidextrous. This study presents a case analysis of a novel supply chain financing model instigated and implemented by China’s Sichuan Telecom (ST) to help supply chain partners overcome IVs in their environments. We identified three unique stages in the evolution of the supply chain ambidextrous financing model: drivers for change (including identifying suppliers’ problems and constraints), designing and implementing the supply chain ambidextrous financing model, and the tripartite performance effects. The analysis demonstrated how ST utilized its market power, resources and network ties to harness expertise and competences of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to overcome IVs and become ambidextrous. Sichuan Telecom aided the SMEs in solving the financing problem through order-based supply chain financing. Based on the analysis, we outline implications of this case for theory and policy.

Citation

Amankwah-Amoah, J., Chen, X., Wang, X., Khan, Z., & Chen, J. (2019). Overcoming institutional voids as a pathway to becoming ambidextrous: The case of China's Sichuan. Long Range Planning, 52(4), Article 101871. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lrp.2019.02.004

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Feb 19, 2019
• Online Publication Date: Mar 2, 2019
• Publication Date: 2019-08
• Deposit Date: Feb 26, 2019
• Publicly Available Date: Mar 3, 2021
• Journal: Long Range Planning
• Print ISSN: 0024-6301
• Electronic ISSN: 1873-1872
• Publisher: Elsevier
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 52
• Issue: 4
• Article Number: 101871
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lrp.2019.02.004
• Keywords: Supply chain collaboration; ambidextrous business model; supply chain financing model; SMEs; China
• Public URL: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1586306
• Publisher URL: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0024630117305204
• Contract Date: Feb 26, 2019