Power, shared goals and supplier flexibility: a study of the HUB-and-spoke supply chain

IF 7.1 2区管理学 Q1 MANAGEMENT

International Journal of Operations & Production Management Pub Date : 2022-01-03 DOI:10.1108/ijopm-08-2021-0538

Gordon Liu, Lukman Aroean, W. Ko

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Abstract

PurposeSupplier flexibility reflects a supplier's operations-related decisions in responsively providing the necessary inputs to the focal firm. Drawing on resource-dependency theory and transaction cost economics, this study develops a conceptual framework to explain the differential effects of a focal firm's power over supplier flexibility in the context of the hub-and-spoke supply chain (SC). This study also considers the goals shared between the focal firm and its suppliers as an important contingency factor within the framework.Design/methodology/approachThis study tests the proposed conceptual framework using dyadic survey data from a hub-and-spoke SC consisting of a large construction contractor and its 100 suppliers in Indonesia.FindingsThe findings show that coercive power has an inverted U-shaped effect on supplier flexibility, while legal-legitimate power has a U-shaped effect. Furthermore, shared goals positively moderate the U-shaped effect between legal-legitimate power and supplier flexibility.Originality/valueThis study differentiates between the impacts of coercive power and legal-legitimate power on supplier flexibility in the hub-and-spoke SC. It also demonstrates that shared goals play a moderating role in affecting the impacts of legal-legitimate power on supplier flexibility. These findings also have important implications with regard to integrating resource-dependency theory and transaction cost economics to explain these associations.

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权力、共同目标和供应商灵活性：轮毂轮辐供应链研究

目的供应商灵活性反映了供应商在响应性地向焦点公司提供必要的投入时与运营相关的决策。利用资源依赖理论和交易成本经济学，本研究开发了一个概念框架来解释中心企业权力对轮辐供应链(SC)背景下供应商灵活性的差异效应。本研究还将焦点企业与其供应商之间的共同目标视为框架内一个重要的偶然性因素。设计/方法/方法本研究使用双元调查数据来测试所提出的概念框架，该数据来自一个由印度尼西亚一家大型建筑承包商及其100家供应商组成的轮辐式供应链。研究结果表明，强制权力对供应商灵活性的影响呈倒u型，而合法权力对供应商灵活性的影响呈u型。此外，共同目标正向调节合法-合法权力与供应商灵活性之间的u型效应。原创性/价值本研究区分了轮辐供应链中强制权力和合法权力对供应商灵活性的影响，并表明共同目标在影响合法权力对供应商灵活性的影响中起调节作用。这些发现对于整合资源依赖理论和交易成本经济学来解释这些关联也具有重要意义。

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International Journal of Operations & Production Management MANAGEMENT-

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13.30

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17.20%

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期刊介绍： The mission of the International Journal of Operations & Production Management (IJOPM) is to publish cutting-edge, innovative research with the potential to significantly advance the field of Operations and Supply Chain Management, both in theory and practice. Drawing on experiences from manufacturing and service sectors, in both private and public contexts, the journal has earned widespread respect in this complex and increasingly vital area of business management. Methodologically, IJOPM encompasses a broad spectrum of empirically-based inquiry using suitable research frameworks, as long as they offer generic insights of substantial value to operations and supply chain management. While the journal does not categorically exclude specific empirical methodologies, it does not accept purely mathematical modeling pieces. Regardless of the chosen mode of inquiry or methods employed, the key criteria are appropriateness of methodology, clarity in the study's execution, and rigor in the application of methods. It's important to note that any contribution should explicitly contribute to theory. The journal actively encourages the use of mixed methods where appropriate and valuable for generating research insights.