Supply chain agility: a mediator for absorptive capacity
| Autor: | Fernando Lahoz-Leo, Angel Martinez-Sanchez |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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Marketing
Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management Future studies business.industry Strategy and Management Supply chain 05 social sciences Structural equation modeling Absorptive capacity Conceptual framework Management of Technology and Innovation 0502 economics and business 050211 marketing Business Business and International Management Practical implications 050203 business & management Industrial organization Agile software development |
| Zdroj: | Baltic Journal of Management. 13:264-278 |
| ISSN: | 1746-5265 |
| DOI: | 10.1108/bjm-10-2017-0304 |
| Popis: | Purpose The purpose of this paper is to analyse the mediating effect of supply chain agility (SCA) in the relationship between absorptive capacity (AC) and firm performance. Design/methodology/approach The authors use data from 231 Spanish firms and test the hypothesis by structural equation modelling. Findings SCA mediates the relationship between AC and firm performance. Research limitations/implications The cross-sectional survey and the use of managerial perceptions may need to use longitudinal and real measures in future studies to validate causal relationships. Practical implications SCA may contribute to explain why AC improves firm performance. Firms with more agile supply chains may benefit more from their efforts in AC to improve firm performance. Originality/value A conceptual framework has been developed to explain the relationships of the main constructs of the study (AC and SCA) with firm performance and whether SCA mediates the relationship between AC and firm performance. |
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