Narongchai Kitrangsikul. A resource-based view approach on mediating effect of logistics integration capabilities on firm performance: an empirical study on the food processing industry in Thailand. Doctor's Degree(Business Administration). Rajamangala University of Technology Thanyaburi. Office of Academic Resource and Information Technology. : Rajamangala Univetsity of Technology Thanyaburi, .
A resource-based view approach on mediating effect of logistics integration capabilities on firm performance: an empirical study on the food processing industry in Thailand
Abstract:
This research extended the implication of Resource-Based View perspective in
the field of logistics management by examining relationships between logistics
capabilities and firm performance with the emphasis on mediating effect of integration
capabilities. The aim of this study was to determine direct and indirect relationships
among logistics capabilities namely: a) demand management, b) supply management,
and c) information management, with the firm performance through the mediating role
of integration capabilities. The survey was conducted on food processing industry in
Thailand and deployed Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) for analysis.
The results suggested that there were no direct relationships between demand
and supply management capabilities, and the firm performance, but rather indirect
relationships through integration capabilities, which indicated mediating effects.
Analysis of the data had further suggested positive relationships among logistics
capabilities as well as the effect of information management on logistics capabilities.
Moreover, the direct relationships between each of logistics capabilities and the
integration capabilities inferred that all logistics capabilities affected integration
capabilities.
The mediating role of logistics integration capabilities had strongly supported
Resources-Based View perspective that the distinctive and unique capabilities can be
created through firms resources and capabilities integration. The conclusions had
contributed theoretically to provide further evident to support RBV, and practically, an implication for managers to recognize the potential of firms internal resources as the key enablers in achieving superior firm performance.
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