Improving effective factors of inter-organizational collaboration in supply chain management

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Article 8, Volume 5, Spring & summer 2013 - Serial Number 9, September 2013, Pages 156-171   

Document Type: Articles

DOI: 10.22067/pmt.v5i9.28875

Authors

Mohammad Reza Shojaei^* ; Somayeh Ghojavand

Abstract

Inter organizational collaboration has been considered as a novel concepts in supply chain management by many researchers. In this paper two groups of internal and external factors were examined in relationship with inter-organizational collaboration in Iran Khodro supply chain. Internal factors consist of organizational strategy and technology and inter-organizational factors refers to trust and shared input resources. SPSS and lisrel soft wares were used to analyze and examine research data. Finally structural equation model was designed for research variable. Results showed that except technology all other factors have positive relationship with inter- Organizational collaboration.

Keywords

Supply chain management; Inter-organizational collaboration; Structural equation modeling

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