The antecedent role of quality, information sharing and supply chain proximity on strategic alliance formation and performance

Ram Narasimhan, Anand Nair
2005 International Journal of Production Economics  
In this paper, we present the notion of buyer-supplier "relationship architecture". The relationship architecture emphasizes the aspects of just-in-time that relates to linking with suppliers and customers. We conceptualize it to be composed of quality considerations from suppliers, information sharing and trust, and supply chain proximity. A model is proposed and tested to highlight the role of these operational issues associated with relationship architecture on strategic alliance formation
more » ... d on supply chain performance. A structural equation modeling approach is used to investigate our hypotheses. r
doi:10.1016/j.ijpe.2003.06.004 fatcat:fbs4wor2hnahhgbcm2cydkyxve