Leveraging Standard Electronic Business Interfaces to Enable Adaptive Supply Chain Partnerships

Adaptive supply chain partnerships are a key factor in driving the ability of extended enterprise partners to achieve long–term goals in an environment characterized by disruptive environmental shifts. Adaptive extended enterprise arrangements allow participating enterprises to leverage their combined assets for collective exploration and exploitation. In the context of extended enterprises, where significant investments have been directed toward instituting common interfaces, this study examines the question: How does the use of standard electronic business interfaces (SEBIs) enable supply chain partnerships to become more adaptive?