Understanding supply chain knowledge mobilization barriers from the middle‐range perspective: an empirical investigation of Argentina's agri‐food industry

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dc.contributor.authorZhao, Guoqing
dc.contributor.authorXie, Ying
dc.contributor.authorDennehy, Denis
dc.contributor.authorFosso Wamba, Samuel
dc.date.accessioned2025-04-11T09:30:38Z
dc.date.available2025-04-11T09:30:38Z
dc.date.freetoread2025-04-11
dc.date.issued2025-04-01
dc.date.pubOnline2025-03-24
dc.description.abstractDespite considerable research attention to supply chain knowledge mobilization (KMob) barriers, understanding of why, how, and when they emerge in practice remains limited. We address this knowledge deficit by using middle‐range theory (MRT) as a theoretical lens to examine supply chain KMob barriers in their naturally occurring environment. Drawing on 42 in‐depth, semi‐structured interviews with Argentinian agri‐food supply chain (AFSC) practitioners, we present novel insights into the emergence of AFSC KMob barriers. First, our findings indicate the prevalence of 11 individual, intra‐organizational, and inter‐organizational KMob barriers in Argentinian AFSCs. Second, Argentina's political, economic, social, technological, legal, and cultural (PESTLC) environment contribute to these barriers. For example, the cultural environment, characterized by strong hierarchy and weak intellectual autonomy, may have negative effects on AFSC practitioners' KMob behaviors and perceptions, resulting in resistance to knowledge sharing, while long‐term political and economic instability poses challenges for intra‐ and inter‐organizational KMob. Third, these 11 KMob barriers elicit both semantic and pragmatic knowledge boundaries that thwart AFSC KMob. Our study extends the applicability of MRT to supply chain KMob research and provides a framework for better understanding KMob barriers. The study has important implications for agricultural research institutions and focal companies of local AFSCs.
dc.description.journalNameJournal of Business Logistics
dc.identifier.citationZhao G, Xie Y, Dennehy D, Fosso Wamba S. (2025) Understanding supply chain knowledge mobilization barriers from the middle‐range perspective: an empirical investigation of Argentina's agri‐food industry. Journal of Business Logistics, Volume 46, Issue 2, April 2025, Article number e70009
dc.identifier.eissn2158-1592
dc.identifier.elementsID567452
dc.identifier.issn0735-3766
dc.identifier.issueNo2
dc.identifier.paperNoe70009
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1111/jbl.70009
dc.identifier.urihttps://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826/23741
dc.identifier.volumeNo46
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherWiley
dc.publisher.urihttps://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jbl.70009
dc.rightshttps://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
dc.rightsAttribution 4.0 Internationalen
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subjectagri-food supply chains
dc.subjectArgentina
dc.subjectmiddle-range theory
dc.subjectsemi-structured interviews
dc.subjectsupply chain knowledge mobilization
dc.subject3509 Transportation, Logistics and Supply Chains
dc.subject35 Commerce, Management, Tourism and Services
dc.subject3507 Strategy, Management and Organisational Behaviour
dc.subject8.1 Organisation and delivery of services
dc.subjectBusiness & Management
dc.subject3507 Strategy, management and organisational behaviour
dc.subject3509 Transportation, logistics and supply chains
dc.titleUnderstanding supply chain knowledge mobilization barriers from the middle‐range perspective: an empirical investigation of Argentina's agri‐food industry
dc.typeArticle
dc.type.subtypeJournal Article
dcterms.dateAccepted2025-02-16

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