Political affinity and opportunism in global supply chain: The mediating role of contractual and relational governance

IF 5.9 1区管理学 Q1 BUSINESS

International Business Review Pub Date : 2025-02-11 DOI:10.1016/j.ibusrev.2025.102415

Zhiwen Fan , Tao Wang , Zhongyi Han , Yu Jia

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Abstract

The dynamic international relations reflect a world that global supply chains are challenged by the political environment in which they are embedded, especially for emerging market firms (EMFs). Drawing on legitimacy-based view and supply chain management literature, this study investigated how political affinity between home and host country affect the use of governance in deterring opportunism of local distributors in the host market, as well as the moderating role of directionality of institutional distance. Using a survey dataset of 403 Chinese export firms at two time points and two secondary datasets, we find that political affinity increases the opportunistic behavior of local distributors by impeding contractual governance and facilitating relational governance. In addition, the effect of political affinity on governance strategies is conditional on the directionality of institutional distance. That is, negative institutional distance strengthens the impact of political affinity on contractual governance, while the influence of political affinity on relational governance is attenuated in the presence of positive or negative institutional distance. Our findings provide important insights for academic research and managerial practice.

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全球供应链中的政治亲和与机会主义：契约治理与关系治理的中介作用

动态的国际关系反映了这样一个世界，即全球供应链受到其所处的政治环境的挑战，尤其是对新兴市场公司（emf）而言。利用基于合法性的观点和供应链管理文献，本研究调查了母国和东道国之间的政治亲和力如何影响治理在阻止当地分销商在东道国市场上的机会主义行为，以及制度距离的方向性的调节作用。利用403家中国出口企业在两个时间点和两个辅助数据集的调查数据，我们发现政治亲和力通过阻碍契约治理和促进关系治理来增加当地分销商的机会主义行为。此外，政治亲和对治理策略的影响取决于制度距离的方向性。即负的制度距离强化了政治亲和对契约治理的影响，而正、负的制度距离则减弱了政治亲和对关系治理的影响。我们的发现为学术研究和管理实践提供了重要的见解。

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International Business Review BUSINESS-

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14.10

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6.90%

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62 days

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