The effect of supply chain linkage on micro and small enterprises’ performance

The practice of linking the enterprises with their channel members through supply chain activities is meant to achieve better performance and to create a win-win situation for both sides. A study on supply chain linkages is necessary in order to observe the effect of the linkages on firms’ performan...

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Main Authors: Ya’kob, Siti Aisyah, Wan Jusoh, Wan Jamaliah
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Published: Universiti Malaysia Sarawak 2016
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description The practice of linking the enterprises with their channel members through supply chain activities is meant to achieve better performance and to create a win-win situation for both sides. A study on supply chain linkages is necessary in order to observe the effect of the linkages on firms’ performance. Therefore, this study is conducted to examine the factors of supply chain linkages that affect the business performance among micro and small enterprises. Three factors were proposed, which are information sharing, development programme and outsourcing. A total of 214 sets of questionnaires was completed by owners and firm’s personnel from 13 industrial sectors. The findings from this study revealed that information sharing and development programme have a significant and positive relationship with firms’ performance. Even though outsourcing shows a positive relationship with firms’ performance, but the elationship was not statistically significant. The results provide a better understanding of information sharing, development programme and outsourcing from micro and small enterprise perspective in Sarawak.
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spelling iium-514972017-04-11T03:25:29Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/51497/ The effect of supply chain linkage on micro and small enterprises’ performance Ya’kob, Siti Aisyah Wan Jusoh, Wan Jamaliah HF5410 Marketing. Distribution of products The practice of linking the enterprises with their channel members through supply chain activities is meant to achieve better performance and to create a win-win situation for both sides. A study on supply chain linkages is necessary in order to observe the effect of the linkages on firms’ performance. Therefore, this study is conducted to examine the factors of supply chain linkages that affect the business performance among micro and small enterprises. Three factors were proposed, which are information sharing, development programme and outsourcing. A total of 214 sets of questionnaires was completed by owners and firm’s personnel from 13 industrial sectors. The findings from this study revealed that information sharing and development programme have a significant and positive relationship with firms’ performance. Even though outsourcing shows a positive relationship with firms’ performance, but the elationship was not statistically significant. The results provide a better understanding of information sharing, development programme and outsourcing from micro and small enterprise perspective in Sarawak. Universiti Malaysia Sarawak 2016 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/51497/1/siti_Aisyah_and_Wan_Jamaliah_IJBS_Vol17-no1-paper7.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/51497/4/51497_The%20effect%20of%20supply%20chain%20linkage%20on%20micro%20and%20small%20enterprises_Scopus.pdf Ya’kob, Siti Aisyah and Wan Jusoh, Wan Jamaliah (2016) The effect of supply chain linkage on micro and small enterprises’ performance. International Journal of Business and Society, 17 (1). pp. 99-112. ISSN 1511-6670 http://www.ijbs.unimas.my/images/repository/pdf/Vol17-no1-paper7.pdf
spellingShingle HF5410 Marketing. Distribution of products
Ya’kob, Siti Aisyah
Wan Jusoh, Wan Jamaliah
The effect of supply chain linkage on micro and small enterprises’ performance
title The effect of supply chain linkage on micro and small enterprises’ performance
title_full The effect of supply chain linkage on micro and small enterprises’ performance
title_fullStr The effect of supply chain linkage on micro and small enterprises’ performance
title_full_unstemmed The effect of supply chain linkage on micro and small enterprises’ performance
title_short The effect of supply chain linkage on micro and small enterprises’ performance
title_sort effect of supply chain linkage on micro and small enterprises’ performance
topic HF5410 Marketing. Distribution of products
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http://irep.iium.edu.my/51497/1/siti_Aisyah_and_Wan_Jamaliah_IJBS_Vol17-no1-paper7.pdf
http://irep.iium.edu.my/51497/4/51497_The%20effect%20of%20supply%20chain%20linkage%20on%20micro%20and%20small%20enterprises_Scopus.pdf