Research on the relation between GUANXI culture and the stability of entrepreneurial supply chain

Abstract

Partnership management has become a hot issue of corporation management in recent years. This paper analyzes the structure of partnership of entrepreneurial supply chain (ESC) and the influential factors of its stability combining the principles of relation management and the characteristic of GUANXI culture. Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) is used to examine how various types of factors of GUANXI can be beneficial to the stability of partnership of ESC. Theoretical and managerial implications are discussed in the conclusion.