The Impact of SC Ambidexterity on the Environmental, Economic and Social Performance: Mediating Role of SC Sustainability in the Retail Market in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Abstract

: The food retail market in Saudi Arabia regarded as key pillar of the economy, this sector expected to grow rapidly by the increasing urbanization, increasing disposable income. The performance of these two fundamental factors might have a considerable impact in the development of international relations due to their strategic importance in global economic and political situations. Hence, this research designs a model to enhance the environmental, economic, and social performance in the food retail companies in the Saudi Arabia (KSA). The recent study aimed to examine the impact of the SC ambidexterity on the social, economic, and environmental performance with the mediating effect of the SC sustainability conceptualized as (social responsibility, environmental management, health, customer management and safety and risk management) in the food retail firms in KSA. The population of the recent study is the branches of the most important five food retail companies in KSA with 1821 branches. A total of 317 questionnaires selected of the food retail companies' branches using stratified random sampling method. The study used SEM with SMART-PLS 4 to analyze the data collected. The measurement model applied to analyze the reliability and reliability of the model, the path coefficient in the structural equation model used to test the study hypotheses. The results of this study supported most of the study’s hypotheses, as it supported the positive impact of SC ambidexterity on social performance and the SC sustainability. It also supported the impact of SC sustainability on social, environmental, and economic performance, while the results of the study did not support the hypotheses related to the impact of SC ambidexterity on both environmental and economic performance. The study provides important implications to the managers of the KSA to enhance their environmental, economic and social performance by applying model of SC ambidexterity on the three types of pf performance with the important role of the SC sustainability as mediator in the study model .