Purpose

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the relationships of supply chain resilience (SCR) and absorptive capacity (ACAP) with firm performance by specifically examining the crisis-mitigating effects under an environmental jolt such as COVID-19.

Design/methodology/approach

This paper is based on data from a questionnaire survey among Danish manufacturing and transport and logistics companies with 174 respondents.

Findings

While the adaptive capabilities associated with both SCR and ACAP are well recognized in extant SCM literature, less is known about their boundary conditions. Examining the functioning of SCR and ACAP amid the COVID-19 crisis, this study finds that both SCR and ACAP related positively to firm performance. However, while the positive relationship between SCR and firm performance was partly mediated by better crisis-mitigation, the results of this study did not find that a similar mechanism was present for ACAP. These results suggest notable refinements of current understandings of SCR and ACAP.

Research limitations/implications

This study is limited by the cross-sectional design, the focus on Danish companies only, and by examining only two industries. Hence, comparisons to other countries and other industries would be of significant interest.

Practical implications

Investing in SCR and ACAP to different extents provides for a complementary mix of longer-term opportunity-generating dynamic capabilities and more short-term crisis-mitigating dynamic capabilities. Firms will benefit from both types of dynamic capabilities during a crisis, but the latter will be more important for mitigating specific crisis impacts.

Originality/value

This paper extends current theorizing on ACAP and SCR by adding the distinction between the long-term opportunity generating dynamic capabilities and short-term crisis-mitigating dynamic capabilities. This paper provides novelty by empirically examining this theorizing by investigating the performance- and crisis-mitigating effect of SCR and ACAP in the light of the COVID-19 crisis.

中文翻译：

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供应链弹性和吸收能力：Covid-19 期间的危机缓解和绩效影响

目的

本文的目的是通过专门研究 COVID-19 等环境冲击下的危机缓解效果，研究供应链弹性 (SCR) 和吸收能力 (ACAP) 与企业绩效的关系。

设计/方法/途径

本文基于对丹麦制造、运输和物流公司进行的问卷调查数据，共有 174 名受访者。

发现

虽然与 SCR 和 ACAP 相关的自适应能力在现存的 SCM 文献中得到了很好的认可，但对其边界条件知之甚少。通过检查 SCR 和 ACAP 在 COVID-19 危机中的功能，本研究发现 SCR 和 ACAP 都与公司绩效呈正相关。然而，虽然 SCR 与公司绩效之间的正相关关系部分是通过更好的危机缓解来调节的，但本研究的结果并未发现 ACAP 存在类似的机制。这些结果表明当前对 SCR 和 ACAP 的理解有了显着改进。

研究局限性/影响

本研究受到横截面设计的限制，仅关注丹麦公司，并且仅研究两个行业。因此，与其他国家和其他行业的比较将具有重要意义。

实际影响

在不同程度上投资于 SCR 和 ACAP 提供了长期产生机会的动态能力和更短期的缓解危机的动态能力的互补组合。在危机期间，企业将受益于这两种动态能力，但后者对于减轻特定危机影响更为重要。

原创性/价值

本文通过添加长期机会生成动态能力和短期危机缓解动态能力之间的区别，扩展了当前关于 ACAP 和 SCR 的理论。本文通过根据 COVID-19 危机调查 SCR 和 ACAP 的性能和危机缓解效果，对这一理论进行实证检验，从而提供了新颖性。