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- Title
Knowledge Transformation, Learning and Changes Giving Competitive Advantage in Aerospace Supply Chains.
- Authors
Rose-Anderssen, Christen; Baldwin, James S.; Ridgway, Keith; Allen, Peter M.; Varga, Liz
- Abstract
The paper investigates three levels of learning--adaptive, reactive and expansive--for the transformation of knowledge to enhance innovation and competitive advantage in commercial aerospace supply chains. A perspective of supply chains as complex Activity Networks is used for data analysis based on in-depth interviews in a global setting. Themes for the interviews were identified through rigorous literature research. The paper provides evidence of levels of learning in commercial aerospace supply chains. We found that a) adaptive learning brings a supply chain up to present industrial standards only, b) reactive learning makes the supply chain competitive, and c) expansive learning gives the supply chain potential for competitive advantage. By considering supply chains as the interaction of different work activities, the forces of change can be better understood. The findings may be useful to practitioners in understanding the importance of different levels of learning to supply chain sustainability.
- Subjects
KNOWLEDGE management; ORGANIZATIONAL learning; ORGANIZATIONAL change; AEROSPACE industries; SUPPLY chains; COMPETITIVE advantage in business; SUPPLIERS
- Publication
Emergence: Complexity & Organization, 2009, Vol 11, Issue 2, p15
- ISSN
1521-3250
- Publication type
Article