Purpose

As inter-company cooperation and competition grow, orchestration capability plays an increasingly important role. This paper aims to present an overview of orchestration capability in the business and management field, identify the current state and explore future research trends.

Design/methodology/approach

This literature review is based on 132 papers collected from the Web of Science (WoS) Core Collection data (1997–March 2021). HistCite was used to analyze the year of publication, leading scholars, influential articles, key journals, top countries and institutions. Research streams were identified from analysis of co-citation, bibliographic coupling and keyword co-occurrence by HistCite and VOSviewer.

Findings

This paper finds that Hitt MA is the most prolific scholar, and the Strategic Management Journal is the most dominating publication among the orchestration capability publications. The USA and Texas A&M University are the most influential countries and institutions, respectively. Three major clusters are identified based on citation mapping, bibliographic coupling analysis of documents and keywords co-occurrence analysis: dynamic capability and resource-based view, resource orchestration and network orchestration. Based on the three clusters, the authors analyze how resource orchestration and network orchestration research develops over time and summarize the evolutionary path of orchestration capability literature.

Research limitations/implications

This article builds on data from WoS Core Collection, and some new but important articles may not be analyzed, since bibliometrics consider high citation as an indicator to select influential articles.

Practical implications

With the rapid development of the digital economy, the frequent interactions between companies pose many challenges for businesses. Enterprises can take orchestration actions effectively and efficiently from various perspectives and continuously improve their orchestration capabilities in collaboration with partners to achieve and sustain competitive advantages.

Originality/value

This paper provides a systematic review of orchestration capability using bibliometric analysis, which has not been employed in previous studies. Besides, this article presents a broad understanding of how scholars have researched the subject over the years.

中文翻译：

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编排能力：文献计量分析

目的

随着公司间合作和竞争的加剧，编排能力发挥着越来越重要的作用。本文旨在概述业务和管理领域的编排能力，确定当前状态并探索未来的研究趋势。

设计/方法/方法

本文献综述基于从 Web of Science (WoS) 核心合集数据（1997 年至 2021 年 3 月）中收集的 132 篇论文。HistCite用于分析出版年份、领先学者、有影响力的文章、重点期刊、顶级国家和机构。通过 HistCite 和 VOSviewer 对共引、书目耦合和关键字共现的分析，确定了研究流。

发现

本文发现Hitt MA是最多产的学者，而Strategic Management Journal是编排能力出版物中最主要的出版物。美国和德州农工大学分别是最具影响力的国家和机构。基于引文映射、文献的书目耦合分析和关键词共现分析确定了三个主要集群：动态能力和基于资源的视图、资源编排和网络编排。作者基于三个集群，分析了资源编排和网络编排研究如何随着时间的推移而发展，并总结了编排能力文献的演进路径。

研究限制/影响

本文基于 WoS 核心合集的数据，可能不会分析一些新的但重要的文章，因为文献计量学将高引用视为选择有影响力文章的指标。

实际影响

随着数字经济的快速发展，企业之间频繁的互动给企业带来了诸多挑战。企业可以从多个角度有效、高效地采取编排行动，与合作伙伴协同不断提升编排能力，实现并保持竞争优势。

原创性/价值

本文提供了使用文献计量分析的编排能力的系统回顾，这在以前的研究中没有使用过。此外，本文对多年来学者如何研究该主题提供了广泛的了解。