Journal of Engineering, Project, and Production Management, 2022, 12(3), 202-208
Exploring the Nexus between Supply Chain Agility and Firms' Performance within Emerging Nations
1Ph.D. Scholar, Donlinks School
of Economics and Management, University of Science and Technology
Beijing, Beijing 100083, China. E-mail: fatimazakir82@gmail.com
2Professor, Donlinks School of Economics and Management,
University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing 100083, China.
E-mail: dpwang@ustb.edu.cn (corresponding author).
3Ph.D. Scholar, College of Management, Shenzhen University,
Nanshan District, Shenzhen, 518060, China. E-mail: abdulwaheed168@yahoo.com
4PostDoc Scholar, Ningbo Institute of Dalian University of
Technology, Ningbo 315200, Zhejiang, China. E-mail: alirehman225@gmail.com
Project Management
Received August 29, 2021; revised February 3, 2022; accepted March 2, 2022
Available online May 6, 2022
Abstract: This paper aims to determine the relationships between supply chain agility (SCA) in different directions and the operations of the firms operating in emerging nations. An additional objective of this paper is to establish the mediating role of innovative climate in the specific domain. The quantitative field study was conducted on a sample of different SME's managers in Pakistan; 200 surveys were distributed, and the search engine marketing (SEM) technique was utilized to analyze the outcome. Several factors of SCA in the supply chain have been taken into consideration to determine the links of supply chain performance (SCP) and to ascertain the effects of SCP and SCA. SCA factors like swiftness (FAWC) and alertness (FASC) were utilized to establish those linkages towards SCP along with mediating the role of innovative climate. On the basis of calculations, it was observed that there is a positive linkage between FASC and SCP. The linkage of FSWC was also found positive on SCP. Therefore, this study ascertains the fact that FAWC and FASC contain positive connections with the SCP having a positive mediating influence on the innovative climate in the domain of Pakistan. This paper contributed to establishing the fact that innovative climate positively mediates the relationships between FAWC and SCP of the organizations as well as between FASC and SCP, respectively. Such findings confirm the significance of an innovative climate in the organizations, which further support achieving the organization SCP. The findings of this study have implications for sales managers, policymakers, and practitioners who may be interested in considering the impact of personality from a sales perspective.
Keywords: Swiftness capability, alertness capability, supply chain agility, supply chain performance, quantitative survey, SMEs of Pakistan, company performance.
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Citation: Chang, Zakir, F., Wang, D., Waheed, A., and Rehman, A. (2022). Exploring the Nexus between Supply Chain Agility and Firms’ Performance within Emerging Nations. Journal of Engineering, Project, and Production Management, 12(3), 202-208.
DOI:
10.32738/JEPPM-2022-0018
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