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Strategic Antecedents of Supply Chain Integration and Performance: Evidence from China
HUO Baofeng 1 * #,QI Yinan 2,WANG Zhiqiang 3,Jeff Hoi Yan YEUNG 4
1.School of management, Xi\'an Jiaotong University, Xi\'an 710049
2.School of Business, University of International Business and Economics, Beijing 100020
3.School of Business Administration, The South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510641
4.Faculty of Business Administration, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
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Funding: Ministry of Education of China Foundation （No.No. 20090201120036）
Opened online:24 April 2013
Accepted by: none
Citation: HUO Baofeng,QI Yinan,WANG Zhiqiang.Strategic Antecedents of Supply Chain Integration and Performance: Evidence from China[OL]. [24 April 2013] http://en.paper.edu.cn/en_releasepaper/content/4538656
 
 
Purpose - The aim of this paper is to explore the impact of different competitive strategies on the adoption of various SCI practices and their impacts on company performance simultaneously. Design/methodology/approach - A structural equation model is developed to test the relationships among competitive strategy, supply chain integration (SCI), and firm performance, based on the data collected from 604 Chinese manufacturers. Findings - The results indicate that an overall cost leadership strategy dominates in Chinese manufacturers' supply chain competition and plays the most important role in pushing companies to adopt SCI practices. The relative high importance of cost performance in improving financial performance also corroborates this conclusion. Furthermore, it is interesting to find that external integration has both a direct negative impact and an indirect positive impact on financial performance through cost and service performance. While internal integration is more important than external integration in improving financial performance, external integration is more important than internal integration in improving cost performance. Originality/value - This study provides SCI research a new perspective of strategy by linking it with competitive strategy and firm performance.
Keywords:Business management; Competitive strategy; Supply chain integration; Performance
 
 
 

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