The Impacts of Tourism Risk Management, IT Adoption, Agility and Resilience on the Sustainable Tourism Supply Chain Performance of Maldives’ Tourism Industry

Recently, the tourism industry has a significant role in economic growth worldwide and attain the attention of recent researchers. Therefore, the ongoing study aims to examine the role of tourism IT adoption, TR management orientation, and tourism agility on the sustainable tourism supply chain performance (STSCP) of Maldives’ tourism industry. The investigation of mediating role of tourism supply chain resilience among the nexus of tourism IT adoption, TR management orientation, tourism agility, and sustainable tourism supply chain performance of Maldives’ tourism industry are also included in the goal of the ongoing study. The data were obtained using questionnaires from the tourism industry employees related to the supply chain process, and AMOS has been utilized for analysis purposes. The results indicated that tourism IT adoption, TR management orientation, and tourism agility positively associate with the sustainable tourism supply chain performance of the Maldives’ tourism industry. The findings also exposed that tourism supply chain resilience has played a positive mediating role among the nexus of tourism IT adoption, TR management orientation, tourism agility, and STSCP of the Maldives’ tourism industry. These findings are guided to the policy developers and implementers that they should increase their focus on the tourism industry that could enhance the country's economic growth.

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Role of tourism IT adoption and risk management orientation on tourism agility and resilience: Impact on sustainable tourism supply chain performance

International Journal of Tourism Research ◽

10.1002/jtr.2381 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 22 (6) ◽

pp. 800-813

Author(s):

Santanu Mandal ◽

Ritesh K. Dubey

Keyword(s):

Risk Management ◽

Supply Chain ◽

Sustainable Tourism ◽

Supply Chain Performance ◽

It Adoption ◽

Management Orientation ◽

Tourism Supply Chain

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Investigating the impact of absorptive capacity on operational performance: the mediating role of supply chain resilience

International Journal of Integrated Supply Management ◽

10.1504/ijism.2021.117247 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 14 (3) ◽

pp. 306

Author(s):

Ziad Alkalha ◽

N.A. Zu' ◽

bi M.F. Al Zu' ◽

N.A. bi ◽

Saad Zighan

Keyword(s):

Supply Chain ◽

Absorptive Capacity ◽

Operational Performance ◽

Supply Chain Resilience ◽

Mediating Role ◽

The Impact

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The mediating effect of logistics integration on supply chain performance

The International Journal of Logistics Management ◽

10.1108/ijlm-05-2013-0050 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 25 (3) ◽

pp. 553-580 ◽

Cited By ~ 18

Author(s):

Arshad Alam ◽

Prabir K. Bagchi ◽

Bumsoo Kim ◽

Subrata Mitra ◽

Fernando Seabra

Keyword(s):

Supply Chain ◽

Indirect Effect ◽

Mediating Effect ◽

Supply Chain Performance ◽

Related Factors ◽

Content Type ◽

Composite Variable ◽

Mediating Role ◽

The Impact

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to analyze the impact of individual logistics-related factors, namely, supplier involvement (SI), length of supplier relationship (LSR), use of information technology (IT), and logistics integration (LI) on a firm's supply chain performance (SCP) and test for the mediating effect of LI in a multi-country survey conducted in Brazil, Korea and India. The paper also develops a composite variable, supply chain competency (SCC), as an overall measure of the quality of a firm's supply chain and demonstrate its effect on a firm's SCP. Design/methodology/approach – The research methodology was based on designing and administering a survey instrument. Data collected from 187 organizations in Brazil, Korea and India were analyzed using the partial least squares structural equation modeling methodology. Findings – Results show that for the combined data, the direct effects of SI, LSR and IT on SCP are insignificant while LI has a very significant direct effect on SCP. On the other hand, except for SI, LSR and IT have significant effects on SCP through LI establishing the mediating role of LI. The paper also finds that SCC has a significant effect on SCP. Further, when countries are considered individually the paper finds that IT has a significant indirect effect on SCP in the case of all the countries while LSR has a significant indirect effect on SCP, both in the case of Brazil and Korea. Additionally, in the case of Korea SI has a significant indirect effect on SCP. Research limitations/implications – Like other survey-based research, the findings of this paper are also limited by the sample size. Especially, the observations specific to individual countries are as good as the respective sample sizes. Also, since all the respondents belonged to manufacturing firms, the findings of this paper are relevant for the manufacturing sector. Practical implications – This paper establishes the mediating effect of LI in assessing the impact of logistics-related factors on a firm's SCP. It confirms that although logistics-related factors are necessary for a firm's superior SCP, they are not sufficient unless their interactions are taken into consideration, as evidenced by the significant positive relationship between SCC and SCP. Originality/value – To the best of the authors’ knowledge, this paper is the first paper to study the effect of logistics-related factors on a firm's SCP and establish the mediating role of LI in a multi-country setting. This paper also develops a composite variable SCC and examines its effect on SCP.

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The partial mediating role of supply chain integration between Industry 4.0 and supply chain performance

Supply Chain Management An International Journal ◽

10.1108/scm-09-2020-0485 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽

Author(s):

Gizem Erboz ◽

Işık Özge Yumurtacı Hüseyinoğlu ◽

Zoltan Szegedi

Keyword(s):

Supply Chain ◽

Industry 4.0 ◽

Positive Impact ◽

Partial Least Square ◽

Supply Chain Integration ◽

Supply Chain Performance ◽

Manufacturing Companies ◽

Content Type ◽

Mediating Role

Purpose Industry 4.0 not only impacts the manufacturing industry but also supply chain practices. Drawing on the resource-based view (RBV), the purpose of this paper is to examine how Industry 4.0 affects supply chain integration (SCI) and supply chain performance (SCP). Design/methodology/approach The data were collected from 212 respondents in manufacturing companies. The partial least square structural equation modelling (PLS-SEM) was used to test the hypotheses of this study. Findings The findings reveal that Industry 4.0 has a positive impact on SCI and SCP, and SCI has a positive impact on SCP. In addition, a partial mediating role of SCI has been found between Industry 4.0 and SCP. Practical implications This study reveals the role of Industry 4.0 on supply chain practices and draws attention to SCI in the linkage between Industry 4.0 and SCP. The findings emphasise the need for Industry 4.0 and SCI to enhance SCP. Originality/value There is limited research on the impacts of Industry 4.0 on SCI and SCP. This research finds empirical evidence for these impacts and enhances knowledge of Industry 4.0 by using a sample from an emerging country.

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The impact of innovativeness on supply chain performance: is supply chain integration a missing link?

Supply Chain Management An International Journal ◽

10.1108/scm-02-2014-0058 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 19 (5/6) ◽

pp. 733-746 ◽

Cited By ~ 31

Author(s):

Young-Joon Seo ◽

John Dinwoodie ◽

Dong-Wook Kwak

Keyword(s):

Supply Chain ◽

Structural Equation Modelling ◽

Structural Equation ◽

Supply Chain Integration ◽

Supply Chain Performance ◽

Content Type ◽

Mediating Role ◽

Equation Modelling ◽

The Impact

Purpose – This purpose of this paper is to study the impact of innovativeness on supply chain integration (SCI) and supply chain performance (SCP) and the role of SCI in mediating between innovativeness in the supply chain and SCP. Innovativeness is an accepted driver to leverage firm performance. SCI and SCP require innovativeness in the supply chain, but their interrelationships have rarely been researched empirically. Design/methodology/approach – A questionnaire survey and structural equation modelling were used in this work. After a structural and measurement model was devised from existing supply chain literature, the main data were collected in a web-based questionnaire survey of South Korean manufacturers. Structural equation modelling was applied to test proposed hypotheses on the associations between variables, following a hierarchical analysis process. Findings – Innovativeness in the supply chain had a positive impact on both SCI and SCP. However, the direct impact of innovativeness on SCP disappeared when the model included SCI as a mediator. In specific, internal and supplier integration fully mediated innovativeness–SCP relationships, whereas customer integration had no mediating role on those relationships. The findings suggest that innovativeness can influence SCP only when the manufacturer’s level of SCI is sufficiently effective in developing necessary supply chain practices. Research limitations/implications – In this work, innovativeness in the supply chain effectively influenced SCP through the mediation of SCI. However, cross-sectional analysis in one nation using one response per organisation invites validation embracing other geographical areas and longitudinal studies. Practical implications – Design of an innovative culture within a firm and along a supply chain can enhance SCI practices by stimulating innovativeness. A high level of SCI should be pursued to effectively transform innovativeness into performance. Originality/value – This work seminally examines the effect of innovativeness in the supply chain on SCI and SCP as well as the mediating role of SCI in the relationships between innovativeness and SCP.

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Impact of Knowledge Sharing on the Relationship between Technological Factors and Supply Chain Performance

International Journal of Recent Technology and Engineering - 2 ◽

10.35940/ijrte.d7956.118419 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 8 (4) ◽

pp. 3095-3102

Keyword(s):

Supply Chain ◽

Knowledge Sharing ◽

Supply Chain Performance ◽

Significance Level ◽

Media Usage ◽

Technological Factors ◽

Mediating Role ◽

Data Collection Technique ◽

The Relationship

This study is an attempt to resolve the issue the mediating role of knowledge sharing on supply chain performance (SCP), by considering different technological factors, in the context of SMEs in Jordan. The study specifically examined the relationship between technological factors and SCP, with the mediating role of knowledge sharing among the SMEs. The study adopted a self-administered questionnaire as a data collection technique, with which data were gathered from 371 supply chain members of various SMEs in the Jordanian industries. Data was then exposed to analysis using AMOS and SEM. The obtained findings showed support for the formulated hypothesis, in that the findings indicated the mediating role of knowledge sharing on the technological factors-SCP relationship at the significance level of 1%. The findings also showed that IT infrastructure and social media usage (technological factors) had no direct significant relationship with SCP but the technological factors had a significant positive relationship with knowledge sharing at the significance level of 1%.

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