The Jatropha biofuels sector in Tanzania 2005–2009: Evolution towards sustainability?
In: Research Policy, Band 40, Heft 4, S. 618-636
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In: Research Policy, Band 40, Heft 4, S. 618-636
In: Futures: the journal of policy, planning and futures studies, Band 40, Heft 7, S. 613-629
In: The journal of development studies, Band 39, Heft 3, S. 129-154
ISSN: 1743-9140
In: International journal of operations & production management, Band 38, Heft 1, S. 211-229
ISSN: 1758-6593
PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to demonstrate how inter-organizational learning (including supply chain learning and imitation prevention) mediates the relationships between supply chain integration (SCI) and two dimensions of focal firm performance (i.e. customer service performance and innovation performance).Design/methodology/approachA cross-sectional approach was adopted with primary data collected through a survey in China. Data were analyzed using structural equation modeling with partial least-squares estimations.FindingsThe findings verify that inter-organizational learning mediates the relationship between SCI and focal firm performance. The results of sub-group model analysis illustrate that both powerful and weak focal firms benefit from inter-organizational learning, but in different ways.Research limitations/implicationsThe responses were all from young executives who had four years' work experience on average. Top-level executives may provide more comprehensive and accurate input for similar future research.Practical implicationsThe results suggest that successfully integrating the supply chain to create customer value requires both supply chain learning and imitation prevention.Originality/valueThis paper responds to calls for an inter-disciplinary research between supply chain management and inter-organizational learning by taking into account supply chain learning and imitation prevention as links between SCI and both customer service performance for current success and innovation performance for future prosperity.
In: Development in practice, Band 16, Heft 5, S. 425-440
ISSN: 1364-9213
In: International journal of human resource management, Band 29, Heft 13, S. 2106-2136
ISSN: 1466-4399