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Chinese Journal of Management Science ›› 2016, Vol. 24 ›› Issue (12): 148-157.doi: 10.16381/j.cnki.issn1003-207x.2016.12.017

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The Impact of Partnership and Logistics Capability on Supply Chain Integration

LIU Hua-ming1, WANG Yong1, LI Hou-jian2   

  1. 1. School of Economics and Business Administration, Chongqing University, Chongqing 400044, China;
    2. School of Management, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu 611130, China
  • Received:2015-04-12 Revised:2015-12-24 Published:2017-03-07

Abstract: Despite the abundant research focusing on supply chain integration, which factors affect supply chain integration, and how they affect supply chain integration remain unexplored. From the perspective of supply chain management, a conceptual model for the relationship among partnership, logistics capability, and supply chain integration is proposed and empirically tested by using the data collected from 218 enterprises in the supply chain with a structural equation model.The results show that both partnership and logistics capability have a significant positive impact on supply chain integration. Meanwhile, the results also show that partnership has a significant positive impact on logistics capability. Furthermore, through the logistics capability, the indirect influence on supply chain integration caused by partnership is much greater than the direct influence on that. The model is also tested across different firm sizes and industries. The results show that the effects of partnership and logistics capability on supply chain integration for firms of different sizes and industries are difference. A new perspective for researches about impact path and mechanism between partnership and supply chain integration is provided, and a basis for Chinese enterprises in different firm sizes and industries to selectively deploy partnership and logistics capability for improving supply chain integration is also proposed.

Key words: supply chain, partnership, logistics capability, supply chain integration

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