ORCID
- Liu, Shaofeng: 0000-0002-8330-3335
Abstract
The current world business environment is characterized by increasing uncertainties, complexities, and risks, which require agri-food supply chain (AFSC) managers to respond and act quickly in a context full of instability and unpredictability. Increasing pressure placed on AFSC managers intensifies the need to combine knowledge management (KM) and decision support that rapidly overcome knowledge boundaries. It has been recognized that the research issue related to the knowledge mobilization crossing boundaries in the AFSC needs to be addressed. This paper investigates knowledge boundaries and boundary-spanning mechanisms by collecting data from experienced AFSC practitioners. Empirical results verify that knowledge boundaries such as syntactic boundaries, semantic boundaries, and pragmatic boundaries could be effectively tackled by four specific boundary-spanning mechanisms: boundary spanners, boundary objects, boundary practices, and boundary discourses.
DOI
10.4018/ijdsst.315640
Publication Date
2022-12-23
Publication Title
International Journal of Decision Support System Technology
Volume
15
Issue
2
ISSN
1941-6296
Embargo Period
2023-02-23
Organisational Unit
Plymouth Business School
First Page
1
Last Page
25
Recommended Citation
Zhao, G., Liu, S., Elgueta, S., Manzur, J., Lopez, C., & Chen, H. (2022) 'Knowledge Mobilization for Agri-Food Supply Chain Decisions', International Journal of Decision Support System Technology, 15(2), pp. 1-25. Available at: https://doi.org/10.4018/ijdsst.315640
