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Complexity in a multinational enterprise’s global supply chain and its international business performance: A bane or a boon?
Journal of International Business Studies ( IF 8.6 ) Pub Date : 2022-03-07 , DOI: 10.1057/s41267-021-00497-0
Amalesh Sharma 1 , V Kumar 2, 3, 4, 5 , Sourav Bikash Borah 5 , Anirban Adhikary 6
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The literature on marketing, operations management, and strategy has investigated the impacts of a firm’s supplier network structure and complexity on its financial, environmental, and innovation performance. However, our understanding of how the global supply chain complexities of a multinational enterprise (MNE) affect its international business performance (IBP) is limited. We draw on both the business network theory and information search literature to propose that the various complexity dimensions (e.g., horizontal, vertical, and spatial) of an MNE’s global supply chain have different influences on its subsequent IBP. We argue – and empirically validate – that collaboration, a network orchestration mechanism, enables an MNE to leverage the benefits of complex relationships. Using a dataset of 185 firms taken from multiple industries over 6 years, we show how such complexities have differential effects. In multiple post hoc analyses, we demonstrate how an MNE’s marketing intensity, the interconnectedness among its supply members, and its top management team (TMT)’s international experience all have unique impacts. This study contributes to the existing literature on global supply chain complexity by demonstrating how it can influence MNEs’ IBP. Moreover, we contribute to the strategic IBP literature by outlining effective global supply chain improvement strategies.



中文翻译:

跨国企业全球供应链的复杂性及其国际业务绩效:祸根还是福音?

有关营销、运营管理和战略的文献调查了公司的供应商网络结构和复杂性对其财务、环境和创新绩效的影响。然而,我们对跨国企业 (MNE) 的全球供应链复杂性如何影响其国际业务绩效 (IBP) 的理解有限。我们借鉴商业网络理论和信息搜索文献,提出跨国公司全球供应链的各种复杂性维度(例如水平、垂直和空间)对其后续的IBP有不同的影响。我们认为——并通过经验验证——协作,一种网络编排机制,使跨国企业能够利用复杂关系的好处。使用 6 年来从多个行业采集的 185 家公司的数据集,我们展示了这种复杂性如何产生不同的影响。在多项事后分析中,我们展示了跨国企业的营销强度、供应成员之间的相互联系以及其最高管理团队 (TMT) 的国际经验如何产生独特的影响。本研究通过展示全球供应链复杂性如何影响跨国公司的 IBP,为现有的关于全球供应链复杂性的文献做出了贡献。此外,我们通过概述有效的全球供应链改进战略,为战略 IBP 文献做出贡献。其高层管理团队(TMT)的国际经验都具有独特的影响。本研究通过展示全球供应链复杂性如何影响跨国公司的 IBP,为现有的关于全球供应链复杂性的文献做出了贡献。此外,我们通过概述有效的全球供应链改进战略,为战略 IBP 文献做出贡献。其高层管理团队(TMT)的国际经验都具有独特的影响。本研究通过展示全球供应链复杂性如何影响跨国公司的 IBP,为现有的关于全球供应链复杂性的文献做出了贡献。此外,我们通过概述有效的全球供应链改进战略,为战略 IBP 文献做出贡献。

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