A Structure–Conduct–Performance Perspective of How Strategic Supply Chain Integration Affects Firm Performance

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2015-04-01
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Crum, Michael
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Cantor, David
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Ralston, Peter
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Supply Chain Management
Supply chain management is an integrated program of study concerned with the efficient flow of materials, products, and information within and among organizations. It involves the integration of business processes across organizations, from material sources and suppliers through manufacturing, and processing to the final customer. The program provides you with the core knowledge related to a wide variety of supply chain activities, including demand planning, purchasing, transportation management, warehouse management, inventory control, material handling, product and service support, information technology, and strategic supply chain management.
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There are several factors that affect a firm's ability to successfully integrate internally and externally for organizational improvement. This study seeks to understand the relationship between a firm's strategy, its supply chain integration efforts, and firm performance. Leveraging the theoretical lens of structure–conduct–performance from the industrial organization economics literature, and utilizing both archival and survey data, we describe how firms may align their internal and external supply chain integration strategies with customers and suppliers. In doing so, these internal and external integration strategies affect the firm's ability to respond to customer demand, which then impacts operational and financial performance. Our work provides theoretical and empirical evidence of these relationships and thus extends prior strategic supply chain integration literature.

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This accepted article is published as Ralston, P.M., Blackhurst, J., Cantor,D.E., Crum, M.R., A Structure–Conduct–Performance Perspective of How Strategic Supply Chain Integration Affects Firm Performance. Journal of Supply Chain Management. 2015, 51(2); 47-64. Doi: 10.1111/jscm.12064. Posted with permission.

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