Antecedents to supplier integration in China: A partial least squares analysis

Martin Lockström and Liu Lei

International Journal of Production Economics, 2013, vol. 141, issue 1, 295-306

Abstract: The aim of this paper is to identify antecedents to supplier integration in China. A deductive approach was deployed by building on a qualitative pre-study and various strands of SCM literature. All in all, 14 hypotheses were derived and subsequently tested by drawing on an empirical sample collected from 88 manufacturing firms operating in China. The data was then analyzed using partial least squares (PLS) analysis. The results indicated that supplier integration was positively influenced by collaborative supplier capabilities, continuous supplier development, and supplier quality mindset. These in turn proved to be sequentially influenced by supplier top management support, buyer-side leadership effectiveness and internal support.

Keywords: Supplier integration; China; Collaborative relationships; Partial least square analysis (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpe.2012.08.007

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