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Evaluating the effects of supply chain quality management on food firms’ performance: The mediating role of food certification and reputation

Hua Song (School of Business, Renmin University of China, Beijing, China)
Rabia Turson (School of Business Administration, Xinjiang University of Finance and Economics, Ürümqi, China)
Anirban Ganguly (Jindal Global Business School, O.P. Jindal Global University, Sonipat, India)
Kangkang Yu (School of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development, Renmin University of China, Beijing, China)

International Journal of Operations & Production Management

ISSN: 0144-3577

Article publication date: 2 October 2017

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Abstract

Purpose

The purpose of this paper is to identify the two kinds of supply chain quality management (SCQM) capabilities: intra-SCQM and inter-SCQM, and explore the effect of intra- and inter-food SCQM on food safety and quality, and the effect of food SCQM on domestic and export performance through food certification and corporate reputation.

Design/methodology/approach

Secondary data on food selling or processing firms in Western China were collected to test all the hypotheses. The data were then analyzed using the statistical technique of stepwise regression and inference was drawn based on the result.

Findings

Through utilizing secondary data sources, it is found that intra-SCQM promotes sales in domestics market with mediating role of corporate reputation, while the realization of overseas performance depend both on intra- and inter-SCQM with mediating role of food certification.

Practical implications

The paper study on food supply chain quality problem, the suggested approaches can be easily realized by agro-food companies to achieve international competitiveness by implementing both intra- and inter-SCQM. Meanwhile to Chinese domestic companies, it is important to strengthen inter-SCQM and food certification in order to achieve competitive advantage.

Originality/value

Review of literature indicated that there is a dearth of open literature that discusses food safety from the perspective of inter- and intra-organizational management. Furthermore, it was also observed that there has been no study that has taken the safety signaling perspective. The current research tires to shed some light on this important, but sparely discussed issue.

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Acknowledgements

The research underlying in this paper was partially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos 71272155; 71462029; 71672189).

Citation

Song, H., Turson, R., Ganguly, A. and Yu, K. (2017), "Evaluating the effects of supply chain quality management on food firms’ performance: The mediating role of food certification and reputation", International Journal of Operations & Production Management, Vol. 37 No. 10, pp. 1541-1562. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJOPM-11-2015-0666

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Emerald Publishing Limited

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