Abstract
This study proposes and empirically tests a model of the moderating effects of internal integration and trust on the impacts of information, process and strategic integration with suppliers on firm performance using structural equation modelling and data collected from 261 manufacturing firms in Vietnam. The results show that all three types of supplier integration positively associate with firm performance. Internal integration enhances the impact of process integration with suppliers on firm performance, but does not moderate the impacts of information and strategic integration with suppliers. Internal trust has insignificant, positive and negative influences on the effects of information, process and strategic integration with suppliers on firm performance. The findings show that internal integration and trust play different roles in moderating the positive effects of information, process and strategic integration with suppliers on firm performance, which elucidates a possible reason for previous mixed findings on the relationship between supplier integration and firm performance.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 802-813 |
| Number of pages | 12 |
| Journal | Production Planning & Control |
| Volume | 29 |
| Issue number | 10 |
| Early online date | 16 May 2018 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - Oct 2018 |
Keywords
- supplier integration
- internal integration
- internal trust
- firm performance
Profiles
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Fiona Lettice
- Norwich Business School - Emeritus Professor
- Innovation, Technology and Operations Management - Member
- ClimateUEA - Steering Committee Member
- CreativeUEA - Steering Committee Member
Person: Honorary, Research Group Member, Research Centre Member