Abstract Background and Purpose: The comparative cross-sectional study examines the strategic supply chain management’s mediating effect on the sustainable operations through environmental and social sustainability within the businesses operating in Canada, Iran and Turkey to attain global perspective. Methodology: Over 200 small businesses in each country are included through combining purposive sampling, referrals, networking, and connections. For quantitative data analysis, the Smart partial least square structural equation modeling (SmartPLS-SEM) is employed. Results: Results showed that there is statistically significant positive mediating role of strategic supply chain on the sustainable operations (environmental and social sustainable) performances in all three selected economies. Findings further confirmed that within the multinational perspective, the SCM factors have higher significant positive impact within Canada in contrast to Iran and Turkey. Conclusion: This study offers a new theoretical contribution by examining the mediating role of strategic supply chain from multinational perspective to enhance existing body of knowledge. Furthermore, it offers a practical contribution by providing the strategic research framework to facilitate managers in improving the small businesses’ performance in sustaining operations.

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战略SCM对可持续运营的中介作用：跨国视角

摘要背景和目的：比较性横断面研究考察了战略供应链管理在加拿大，伊朗和土耳其经营的企业中通过环境和社会可持续性对环境可持续发展的中介作用，以获取全球视野。方法：通过结合有目的的抽样，推荐，网络和联系，每个国家包括200多家小型企业。对于定量数据分析，采用了智能偏最小二乘结构方程模型（SmartPLS-SEM）。结果：结果表明，在所有三个选定经济体中，战略供应链对可持续经营（环境和社会可持续）绩效均具有统计学上显着的积极中介作用。调查结果进一步证实，从跨国角度来看，与伊朗和土耳其相比，供应链管理因素在加拿大内部具有更高的显着积极影响。结论：本研究通过从跨国角度检验战略供应链对增强现有知识体系的中介作用提供了新的理论贡献。此外，它通过提供战略研究框架为管理人员提供便利，帮助管理人员改善小企业在维持运营方面的绩效。