Research on the Relationship between Supply Chain Knowledge Sharing and Firm Performance:The Mediating and Moderating Effect of Supply Chain Agility and Environmental Dynamics

Abstract

Abstract:

Based on the mediating and moderating effect of supply chain agility and environmental dynamics, a hypothesis model is proposed to research the mechanism between supply chain knowledge sharing and firm performance. This paper uses empirical method to investigate twelve supply chains which consist of large and medium-sized state-owned enterprises. Results show that supply chain knowledge sharing not only has a direct influence on firm performance, but also has indirect influence through the mediating effect of supply chain agility. Furthermore, environmental dynamics significantly moderates the relationship between knowledge sharing and supply chain agility, supply chain agility and firm performance; but the moderating effect of environmental dynamics on the relationship between knowledge sharing and firm performance is not so significant.

Key words: supply chain knowledge sharing, firm performance, supply chain agility, environmental dynamics, mediating and moderating effect

Feng Changli, Zhang Mingyue, Liu Hongtao, Zhang Huizhong, He Minghai. Research on the Relationship between Supply Chain Knowledge Sharing and Firm Performance:The Mediating and Moderating Effect of Supply Chain Agility and Environmental Dynamics[J]. , 2015, 27(11): 181-191.

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