Supply chain integration and performance relationship: a moderating effects review
The International Journal of Logistics Management
ISSN: 0957-4093
Article publication date: 13 November 2017
Abstract
Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to interpret the relationship between supply chain integration (SCI) and performance and to find empirical evidence of the moderating factors that affects said relationship, as well as to describe, classify, and discuss the empirical evidence.
Design/methodology/approach
A systematic review of 72 studies published during the period 2001-2015 is offered. A multi-criteria approach is used to sort, structure and classify papers with the purpose of contributing to the discussion.
Findings
The direct relationship between SCI and performance shows mostly positive results; however, the moderating effects analyzed show a clear lack of consistency since their effect and significance vary depending on the measures used, both in SCI and performance.
Research limitations/implications
The use of specific keywords of SCI to select an initial sample of papers may lead to a narrow perspective, although snowballing was used to include relevant papers initially excluded.
Originality/value
The analysis and classification of moderating factors as well as the measure of their tendency help to better understand the questions that remain unsolved regarding SCI and performance. Propositions for further research are suggested.
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Acknowledgements
The authors would like to thank the two anonymous reviewers for their insightful and constructive comments during the review process. The authors also gratefully acknowledge financial support from the from the project P11-SEJ-7085 awarded by the Council of Economy, Innovation, and Science of the Junta de Andalucía (Spain) And from the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Science and the European Regional Development Fund-ERDF/FEDER (National R&D Project ECO2015-66504-P).
Citation
Tarifa-Fernandez, J. and De Burgos-Jiménez, J. (2017), "Supply chain integration and performance relationship: a moderating effects review", The International Journal of Logistics Management, Vol. 28 No. 4, pp. 1243-1271. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJLM-02-2016-0043
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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