Fostering supply chain integration (SCI) via Internet technologies has been widely regarded
as a critical factor for firm success. Internet-enabled SCI may help enhance firms' capabilities
in technology, product and market development, and thus allows firms to initiate or adapt to
competitive changes in the market. Yet, the decision on Internet-enabled SCI is challenging
due to the high uncertainties involved. Research on the antecedents of Internet-enabled SCI
is of interest to both researchers and practitioners. Based on the view of upper echelons�…

Drawing upon organizational culture and institutional theory, this study investigates how
institutional pressures motivate the firm to adopt Internet-enabled Supply Chain
Management systems (eSCM) and how such effects are moderated by organizational
culture. The results of a survey of 131 firms suggest that the dimensions of institutional
pressures (ie, normative, mimetic, and coercive pressures) have differential effects on eSCM
adoption intention. While mimetic pressures are not related to eSCM adoption intention�…