Exploring the role of ambidexterity and coopetition in designing resilient fashion supply chains: a multi-evidence-based approach
Journal of Enterprise Information Management
ISSN: 1741-0398
Article publication date: 24 April 2020
Issue publication date: 7 December 2020
Abstract
Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to investigate the knowledge gaps in the extant literature on the role of ambidexterity and coopetition in designing resilient fashion supply chains (RFSCs), and to develop a contextual framework for effective decision-making to enable practitioners to enhance their supply chain resilience.
Design/methodology/approach
The study adopts a novel multi-evidence-based approach comprising Denyer and Tranfield's (2009) systematic literature review (SLR) with context, intervention, mechanism and outcome (CIMO) logic, text mining and network analysis. The approach constitutes a rigorous methodology that cross-validates results and ensures the reliability and validity of findings.
Findings
The authors identified key knowledge gaps in the literature and explored the main contribution categories (e.g. conceptual understandings, operational impacts, use of theories and frameworks). Subsequently, we developed a contextual framework of ambidextrous coopetition to design RFSCs. Finally, an empirical research agenda is proposed with the five research directions to address the gap and take forward the notion of ambidextrous coopetition and RFSCs.
Research limitations/implications
The multi-evidence-based approach is a structured and triangulated SLR approach and thus lacks empirical study.
Practical implications
This research proposes a contextual framework of ambidextrous coopetition that can be used by fashion companies to embed resilience into their structures and operations. This research also presents an agenda for the future empirical research.
Originality/value
This paper contributes by providing a combinatory synthesis on the role of ambidexterity and coopetition in designing RFSCs. This paper introduces a novel methodological triangulation for improving the quality and validity of SLRs. It identifies significant knowledge gaps and defines directions for future research.
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Citation
Bin Makhashen, Y., Rafi-ul-Shan, P.M., Bashiri, M., Hasan, R., Amar, H. and Khan, M.N. (2020), "Exploring the role of ambidexterity and coopetition in designing resilient fashion supply chains: a multi-evidence-based approach", Journal of Enterprise Information Management, Vol. 33 No. 6, pp. 1599-1625. https://doi.org/10.1108/JEIM-08-2019-0213
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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