Factors affecting electronic supply chain management adoption in Egyptian travel agencies

الملخص EN

Electronic supply chain management (e-SCM) is an innovative dimension emerging from the supply chain management concept.

E-SCM has developed as a consequence of the evolution of the information technologies.

The main objectives of this study are to identify the extent of the current adoption of e-SCM in Egyptian travel companies, toshed light on the range of factors that have an effect on the implementation of e-supply chain management, and then to propose a model that explains the relationship between the theoretical factors and adoption of e-SCM.

Sincethe main aim of this study is to identify the factors that have greater association with e-SCM adoption within the travel companies; several groups of variables related to the success or failure of e-supply chains are exposed.

The relationships between these variables and the adoption of e-supply chains in travel agencies are captured in the proposed model.

The findings of this study prove that travel agencies use e-SCM tools, but they are still used to a limited extent.

Moreover, the factors that affect the adoption of e-SCM in travel agencies are as follows: Innovation, internal business environment, e-SCM supporting infrastructure, organizational factors, external business environment, and government rules and regulations.