Supply chain collaboration, agility and performance: The moderating effect of environmental uncertainty

Abstract

Optoelectronic electronics industry is facing increasing challenges caused by environmental uncertainty. The firms' need to cooperate with partners to improve competitive advantages is more urgent. Existing research have verified supply chain collaboration facilitates performance, but whether this effect still works under high environmental uncertainty is not clear. Moreover, the influencing mechanism between supply chain collaboration and performance has not been clarified. Based on resource-based theory and dynamic capability theory, this study tends to clarify how supply chain collaboration affects performance through the mediation effect of supply chain agility, and further examines the moderation effect of environmental uncertainty on mediation. Results show that (1) supply chain agility mediates the supply chain collaboration-supply chain performance relationship, (2) supply/demand uncertainty positively moderate the mediating effect. These findings provide an in-depth understanding of the underlying mechanism between supply chain collaboration and supply chain performance, and demonstrate the contingency effects of environmental uncertainty.