{"title":"The role of strategic entrepreneurship and social capital on sustainable supply chain management and organizational performance","authors":"O. Wijaya","doi":"10.5267/j.uscm.2022.12.001","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5267/j.uscm.2022.12.001","url":null,"abstract":"This study aims to examine the effect of entrepreneurial strategy on organizational performance, the effect of social capital on organizational performance with sustainable supply chain management as a mediating variable. Sustainable supply chain management has an important influence on organizational measurement in various industries. It is used in considering environmental impacts and supplier responsibilities. The population in the current study were 390 logistics managers of companies in the manufacturing industry in Indonesia. The sample in this study was taken by purposive sampling, namely the sampling method based on certain criteria and considerations. In this study, hypothesis testing used the Partial Least Square (PLS) analysis technique with the SmartPLS 3.0 application. The data collection technique used is an online survey. The survey was carried out by distributing online questionnaires designed using the 1 to 7 Likert method to managers in the logistics section of the manufacturing industry. The stages of data analysis were to test convergent validity, discriminant validity test, goodness fit model test to meet the R-square value and test the hypothesis. The results show that entrepreneurial strategy and social capital had an influence on organizational performance and sustainable supply chain management. In addition, sustainable supply chain management mediates between organizational performance and entrepreneurial strategy, while social capital sustainable supply chain management does not mediate the organizational performance variables.","PeriodicalId":23429,"journal":{"name":"Uncertain Supply Chain Management","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"70902863","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Mefleh Faisal Mefleh Al-Jarrah, K. Hailat, B. Jarah
{"title":"Total quality management and its role in improving customer relations in Jordanian Islamic banks","authors":"Mefleh Faisal Mefleh Al-Jarrah, K. Hailat, B. Jarah","doi":"10.5267/j.uscm.2022.11.003","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5267/j.uscm.2022.11.003","url":null,"abstract":"Total quality management (TQM) is a method of managing a bank. TQM, which is considered as a critical instrument, directs the strategy of developing work and increasing performance in order to generate profits through quality services and products. Therefore, this study aimed to examine the function of TQM in improving customer relations in Jordanian Islamic banks. Primary data was gathered by surveying 163 workers of Jordanian Islamic banks. A questionnaire was employed as the data-gathering technique. To do the descriptive statistical analysis, SPSS version 25 was employed. The findings show that there is a statistical association between Jordanian Islamic banks' TQM, which includes customer satisfaction, strategic planning, continuous improvement, and relationships with customers.","PeriodicalId":23429,"journal":{"name":"Uncertain Supply Chain Management","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"70902886","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Green purchasing, environmental concern, and subjective knowledge in Saudi Arabia: The moderating effect of green skepticism","authors":"Shadi Saraireh","doi":"10.5267/j.uscm.2022.11.008","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5267/j.uscm.2022.11.008","url":null,"abstract":"The main objective of this research is to examine the effect of environmental concern, subjective environmental knowledge towards green purchasing intentions. Also, this study has examined the moderation role of green skepticism towards these relationships. The population of this research is consumers of green purchasing in Saudi Arabia’s manufacturing industry. The quantitative approach using convenience sampling has been used for data collection. The PLS-SEM using SmartPLS 3.2.8 was used. Environmental concern has a significantly positive effect on green purchasing intention while significantly negative effect on subjective environmental knowledge and lastly, subjective environmental knowledge has significantly positive effect on green purchasing intention. Furthermore, green skepticism does not moderate the effect of subjective environmental knowledge on green purchasing intention and the effect of environmental concern on subjective environmental knowledge; however, green skepticism significantly decreases the effect of environmental concern on green purchase intention. The managers are recommended to provide environmental programs towards consumers that can increase their environmental concerns and lead to gaining proper knowledge and awareness.","PeriodicalId":23429,"journal":{"name":"Uncertain Supply Chain Management","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"70903161","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nguyen Vi Le, Nguyen Khac Huy, Chu Tien Minh, V. A. Tuan, Nguyen Ngoc Diep
{"title":"Factors affecting Vietnam's handicrafts export","authors":"Nguyen Vi Le, Nguyen Khac Huy, Chu Tien Minh, V. A. Tuan, Nguyen Ngoc Diep","doi":"10.5267/j.uscm.2022.12.009","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5267/j.uscm.2022.12.009","url":null,"abstract":"With the rapid development of international business activities and internationalization, export plays an important role in the existence and growth of businesses. Handicrafts, despite not being an essential product, have always been rated as a potential product for sustainable development and export. In Vietnam, a country with a lot of long-existing traditional handicraft villages, the export of handicrafts has always been considered as an advantageous activity that largely contributes to the economy as well as the society. According to statistics from the Vietnam Handicraft Exporter Association, every 1 million USD worth of handicraft export creates profit 5 to 10 times higher than that of the exploitation industry; as well as provides work for three to five thousand employees. Despite this fact, in the last few years the handicraft export in Vietnam has been modest and not fulfilled fully to its potential. In comparison with other export products, the export turnover of handicrafts still accounts for a low proportion. Recognizing this issue, the present study developed a model to analyze the effects of some certain factors to the handicraft export activity in Vietnam. The results of this paper will contribute to current literature as well as propose some solutions to promote the handicraft export in Vietnam.","PeriodicalId":23429,"journal":{"name":"Uncertain Supply Chain Management","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"70903427","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
P. Waiyawuththanapoom, Wissawa Aunyawong, Kajornpong Poolsawad, Veerayuth Thumawongchai, Chanathat Boonrattanakittibhumi, K. Jermsittiparsert
{"title":"The relationship between supply chain management activities and firm performance with the mediating and moderating effect","authors":"P. Waiyawuththanapoom, Wissawa Aunyawong, Kajornpong Poolsawad, Veerayuth Thumawongchai, Chanathat Boonrattanakittibhumi, K. Jermsittiparsert","doi":"10.5267/j.uscm.2022.9.005","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5267/j.uscm.2022.9.005","url":null,"abstract":"The performance plays a key role in the long-term survival of the organizations. If the performance of the organization increases, then the organization may lead in the global perspective. There are various factors that could lead to the performance. Among those, the supply chain management practices (SCMP) play an important role to increase the performance. The SCMP factors may also enhance the competitive advantage of the organizations. Furthermore, the manager support may provide insight to manage the SCM activities which could aid enhance firm performance (FP). Therefore, the purpose of this study is to investigate the relationship between the SCMP and FP with the moderating and mediating effect in the chemical industry of Thailand. The data was collected from the supply chain managers by using a simple random technique. The SEM direct effect shows that SCMA had a significant and positive connection with firm performance FP. In addition, SCMP does not seem to have any significant relationship with the competitive advantage. While competitive advantage has a positive and significant effect on FP. On the other hand, the indirect effect shows that SCMP and FP relationship were partially mediated from the competitive advantage. Moreover, the manager's support did not significantly moderate the SCMP and FP relationship. The current study added literature in the extant literature in the form of empirical findings which could help the researchers explore their studies in future. The study may also provide help to owners as well as to shareholders to know about the importance of the SCMP, competitive advantage and managers' support to increase their FP.","PeriodicalId":23429,"journal":{"name":"Uncertain Supply Chain Management","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"70909507","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
S. R. Basana, Sahnaz Ubud, Mariana Ing Malelak, Z. Tarigan
{"title":"The effect of key user capability on supply chain digital and flexibility in improving financial performance","authors":"S. R. Basana, Sahnaz Ubud, Mariana Ing Malelak, Z. Tarigan","doi":"10.5267/j.uscm.2022.9.016","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5267/j.uscm.2022.9.016","url":null,"abstract":"Organizational competitiveness is enhanced by implementing supply chain integration. Organizations, through information technology, can integrate internal and external cross-functional. The team assigned to run the integration system in its function is designated as the key user who can implement and maintain an ongoing basis. Key user capabilities are needed to maintain a digital supply chain in information technology systems to integrate internally and externally. Data analysis using Partial least squares (PLS) on 89 hotel organizations with a one-star category or more shows that key user capability significantly affects internal cross-functional integration (β = 0.728) and external cross-functional integration (β = 0.127). Key user capability has an impact on supply chain flexibility (β = 0.370) while internal cross-functional integration influences increasing supply chain flexibility (β = 0.373) and financial performance (β = 0.421). External cross-functional integration increases supply chain flexibility (β = 0.316) and financial performance (β = 0.441). Lastly, supply chain flexibility impacts increasing financial flexibility (β = 0.192). The research contributes enrichment to the theory of digital supply chain and practical contribution to enlighten top management in information technology investment.","PeriodicalId":23429,"journal":{"name":"Uncertain Supply Chain Management","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"70910313","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nour Salem Ahmad AlBrakat, S. Al-Hawary, S. Muflih
{"title":"The effect of green supply chain on the export performance of the Jordanian pharmaceutical industry","authors":"Nour Salem Ahmad AlBrakat, S. Al-Hawary, S. Muflih","doi":"10.5267/j.uscm.2023.2.003","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5267/j.uscm.2023.2.003","url":null,"abstract":"This research came to examine the influence of green supply chain practices on export performance. The research population consists of the decision-makers in pharmaceutical companies in Jordan. The Jordanian pharmaceutical industry is considered one of the oldest industrial sectors in the Arab region. Accordingly, the research took a purposive sampling method to collect primary data. The questionnaire was designed electronically via Google Forms and distributed to the study sample via e-mail. Data were analyzed using covariance-based structural equation modeling (CB-SEM) by version 24 of AMOS software. The study results showed that green supply chain dimensions have influenced export performance of the pharmaceutical industry in Jordan. Based on the study results, the researchers recommend managers and decision makers of the pharmaceutical organizations to create a policy outlining the organization's commitment to sustainability and outlining its aims and objectives for decreasing its environmental effect.","PeriodicalId":23429,"journal":{"name":"Uncertain Supply Chain Management","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"70910987","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
L. A. Aryan, M. Ebbini, A. Karajeh, Mamoun. M. A. Alqudah, Tayseer Ali kalaf almomani
{"title":"The impact of top management team heterogeneity on book-tax differences: An analysis using institutional perspective","authors":"L. A. Aryan, M. Ebbini, A. Karajeh, Mamoun. M. A. Alqudah, Tayseer Ali kalaf almomani","doi":"10.5267/j.uscm.2023.2.010","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5267/j.uscm.2023.2.010","url":null,"abstract":"The aim linked with the ongoing article is to examine the role of top management team heterogeneity along with audit committee characteristics on the book-tax difference of the Jordanian listed firms. The data has been extracted from the eighteen listed companies from 2009 to 2021 that are listed on the Amman Stock Exchange. To test the hypotheses, a fixed-effect model along with the robust standard error model has been executed. The results revealed positive linkage among the top management team heterogeneity, audit committee characteristics, and book-tax difference of the Jordanian listed firms. These findings are suitable for the regulators who want to develop new policies related to the book-tax difference and top management team heterogeneity along with the new researchers who want to investigate this area in the future.","PeriodicalId":23429,"journal":{"name":"Uncertain Supply Chain Management","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"70911699","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ruaa Binsaddig, Anis Ali, Basel J. A. Ali, Talal Al Alkawi
{"title":"The effect of capital and liquidity risks on financial performance: An empirical examination on banking industry","authors":"Ruaa Binsaddig, Anis Ali, Basel J. A. Ali, Talal Al Alkawi","doi":"10.5267/j.uscm.2023.2.005","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5267/j.uscm.2023.2.005","url":null,"abstract":"The present study's primary goal is to examine selected financial risks and financial performance of commercial banks listed on the Bahrain Bourse from 2014 to 2021. However, as independent factors, chosen financial hazards include capital risk, liquidity, and bank size as a control variable, while financial performance as a dependent variable is assessed by return on equity. The panel regression analysis of data technique was used to attain the study goal. Whereas the statistics for the banks were gathered from their annual financial reports. A fascinating conclusion was the discovery of strong correlations between capital risks, bank size, and financial performance. The findings also revealed a negligible link between liquidity concerns and financial success. Due to the limitations of the present study, several ideas for future research may be suggested, such as performing research on other financial hazards, other financial institutions, and other financial performance metrics that are not included in the current research.","PeriodicalId":23429,"journal":{"name":"Uncertain Supply Chain Management","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"70911740","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The impact of career capital on sustainable competitive advantage: The mediating role of human resource management capabilities","authors":"A. Salih, Zahraa Jafar Mousa, A. Nasereddin","doi":"10.5267/j.uscm.2023.2.015","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5267/j.uscm.2023.2.015","url":null,"abstract":"This study aims to clarify the effect of career capital on the sustainable competitive advantage when human resource management’s capabilities work as a mediator variable in construction companies specializing in concrete in Amman. The total number of companies are (23), the companies that showed cooperation and filled out the questionnaire were (17) companies. The study population consisted of (1400) employees from various administrative levels. Applying the study to the whole study population is difficult due to its large size; thus, a simple random sampling method is used. (302) questionnaires were distributed, the retrieved questionnaires valid for analysis were (250) and constituted of (83%). The unstructured interviews were adopted to define the study problem in the construction companies specialized in concrete. The questionnaire is the tool for measuring the study variables by collecting data and then analyzing those using descriptive and inferential statistics. The most important study results are that in the construction companies specialized in concrete industries in Amman; the level of career capital was high, and the level of sustainable competitive advantage was medium. At the same time, the results showed that the level of human resource management capabilities was high. The results also indicate that human resource management's capabilities partially mediate the impact of career capital and the sustainable competitive advantage. Human resource management's capabilities contributed to increasing this impact; this means that human resources management's capabilities play an essential role in activating the relationship between career capital and sustainable competitive advantage.","PeriodicalId":23429,"journal":{"name":"Uncertain Supply Chain Management","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"70911871","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}