Supply Chain Strategy in High-Tech Start-ups

Abstract

Supply chain management is recognized as an important source of competitive advantage, but has mostly been studied in mature companies, and almost neglected for start-ups. We contribute to address this gap in understanding the role of supply chain strategy in start-ups, with an exploratory multiple case study of three high-tech manufacturing new ventures. Our results suggest that high-tech start-ups exploit supply chain management related competitive advantages, and their strategic choices evolve as the new ventures develop from a start-up phase to a scale-up phase.