Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/218692 
Year of Publication: 
2019
Citation: 
[Journal:] South African Journal of Business Management [ISSN:] 2078-5976 [Volume:] 50 [Issue:] 1 [Publisher:] African Online Scientific Information Systems (AOSIS) [Place:] Cape Town [Year:] 2019 [Pages:] 1-10
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African Online Scientific Information Systems (AOSIS), Cape Town
Abstract: 
Background: It is understood that improving performance has become an important objective of supply chains. As such, strategies have been adopted as an effort towards increasing performance. Amongst these strategies, partnership, collaboration and integration have been identified. A mutual advantage of these approaches is that they facilitate cohesion between parties where knowledge and resources are pooled together and shared with the purpose of achieving optimum results. However, it is observed that the extent to which partnership, collaboration and integration affect supply chain performance collectively is a research void.Objectives: This study intended to examine the influence of partnership, collaboration and integration on supply chain performance, particularly within the small and medium enterprise (SME) sector. The theory of relational view was adopted to support the study's conceptual model.Method: The study used SmartPLS to analyse the data.Results: Three hypotheses were empirically substantiated using a sample of 271 SMEs situated in Gauteng.Conclusion: The findings revealed that the research constructs partnership, collaboration and integration influence supply chain performance in a positive way. Implications of the study are further provided.
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